Year per 1,000 people 1960 23.818587102737755 1961 23.537455031925727 1962 23.086664065399166 1963 22.94003739150091 1964 22.577972793806676 1965 22.417779348749303 1966 22.46018994819837 1967 21.908017080478903 1968 21.64204558792248 1969 21.435475007547648 1970 21.179899794651035 1971 20.912248750892132 1972 21.107164664905213 1973 20.474409837634482 1974 20.46064687882365 1975 20.155051493156353 1976 19.56481057834217 1977 19.28679619183574 1978 19.14206999358811 1979 18.83286789410092 1980 18.546554092659918 1981 18.310204172683232 1982 18.117081242226938 1983 19.142625399726338 1984 19.199806470392495 1985 18.850669979820236 1986 18.14510099457908 1987 17.383351179850017 1988 17.568773467598998 1989 16.682295805397523 1990 16.592711168283465 1991 16.680192246672465 1992 16.579343845909648 1993 15.991437813085762 1994 16.800711657836395 1995 15.263971278957573 1996 15.113702899202362 1997 14.832683880268654 1998 14.812116905928931 1999 14.252921899881125 2000 13.709728627641889 2001 13.357025751370807 2002 12.99015265690745 2003 12.571768992444937 2004 12.20538365462021 2005 11.783816622426778 2006 11.303105153387362 2007 10.907237434746841 2008 10.53288462016195 2009 10.122445964150852 2010 9.945626230496407 2011 9.451676522808956 2012 9.12284424716475 2013 8.819998089567203 2014 8.55539488964869 2015 8.318840421663191 2016 8.051934436647306 2017 7.860106370515517 2018 7.673998000076694 2019 7.502587552005575 2020 7.71060152176083 2021 7.878104057119127 2022 7.608197347683652