Year Per 100,000 People 1950 2.4268 1951 2.3517 1952 2.3654 1953 2.2816 1954 2.3171 1955 2.2193 1956 2.3671 1957 2.3166 1958 2.413 1959 2.4935 1960 2.5701 1961 2.5739 1962 2.6202 1963 2.574 1964 2.7165 1965 2.837 1966 3.1362 1967 3.4169 1968 3.3478 1969 3.448 1970 3.6412 1971 3.9791 1972 3.9159 1973 4.4813 1974 4.4849 1975 4.3855 1976 3.9773 1977 4.1044 1978 4.0028 1979 4.1815 1980 4.3473 1981 4.2181 1982 4.1287 1983 3.7738 1984 3.8097 1985 3.8085 1986 4.0079 1987 4.0445 1988 4.0866 1989 4.0174 1990 4.0939 1991 4.3915 1992 4.0984 1993 4.3417 1994 3.9461 1995 3.8709 1996 3.509 1997 3.2377 1998 3.1296 1999 3.0225 2000 2.7944 2001 3.27 2002 2.7656 2003 2.6373 2004 2.5707 2005 2.5276 2006 2.5951 2007 2.5801