Year Number 1970 28.105 1971 28.23694 1972 27.836 1973 28.36033 1974 28.48107 1975 28.62487 1976 28.63334 1977 28.73086 1978 28.57155 1979 28.60349 1980 28.34571 1981 28.16444 1982 27.80012 1983 27.42866 1984 27.23172 1985 27.14291 1986 26.93052 1987 26.83477 1988 26.6785 1989 26.25206 1990 26.21584 1991 26.15986 1992 26.12866 1993 26.13342 1994 26.20764 1995 26.29711 1996 26.31457 1997 26.47088 1998 26.61422 1999 26.55149 2000 26.30914 2001 26.0185 2002 25.82453 2003 25.25962 2004 25.39072 2005 25.24855 2006 25.14194 2007 25.04689 2008 24.97171 2009 24.68045 2010 24.31042 2011 24.11758 2012 24.19696 2013 23.55038 2014 23.29472 2015 23.10596 2016 23.44392 2017 23.38904 2018 23.44631