Year per 1,000 people 1960 9.286076388157062 1970 9.436792618521698 1980 8.970875676252277 1985 8.683759995364236 1990 7.0234634309694925 1991 7.03844055899123 1992 6.7389824599125365 1993 7.7621405700305175 1994 7.742115612622867 1995 7.488957053703838 1996 7.28082081682659 1997 7.087623926005917 1998 6.920607249170537 1999 6.778226826709402 2000 6.515925167423708 2001 6.409175735839356 2002 6.341825025454546 2003 6.213560501165523 2004 6.159715244476777 2005 6.067216513631974 2006 6.019865047076346 2007 6.023787787532015 2008 5.942645253452106 2009 5.917984860080813 2010 5.86789617543471 2011 5.793552962248268 2012 5.801290041239634 2013 5.734178163632896 2014 5.680860540690178 2015 5.48186015019558 2016 5.454433730386856 2017 5.501580430076378