Year Per 100,000 People 1950 3.095 1951 2.8624 1952 2.9754 1953 2.7941 1954 2.753 1955 2.8063 1956 2.8775 1957 2.8047 1958 3.0621 1959 3.0324 1960 2.9817 1961 3.0462 1962 3.331 1963 3.2428 1964 3.3262 1965 3.4677 1966 3.695 1967 4.1874 1968 4.6312 1969 4.5271 1970 5.3309 1971 5.5942 1972 5.2198 1973 5.8579 1974 6.2482 1975 6.2578 1976 5.6825 1977 5.6504 1978 5.2102 1979 5.543 1980 5.7776 1981 5.3504 1982 5.2116 1983 4.8429 1984 4.5625 1985 4.5254 1986 4.4828 1987 4.5564 1988 4.4331 1989 4.3059 1990 4.1932 1991 4.4081 1992 3.9754 1993 3.8237 1994 3.5895 1995 3.4134 1996 3.1711 1997 3.1471 1998 2.6977 1999 2.6587 2000 2.4772 2001 2.9422 2002 2.3927 2003 2.3472 2004 2.4616 2005 2.382 2006 2.3597 2007 2.2302