Year Deaths per 1000 1961 88.4 1962 87.7 1963 87.2 1964 86.5 1965 85.8 1966 84.8 1967 83.7 1968 82 1969 80.1 1970 77.8 1971 75.7 1972 73.6 1973 71.6 1974 69.8 1975 67.9 1976 66.1 1977 64.2 1978 62.4 1979 60.5 1980 58.8 1981 57.1 1982 55.2 1983 53.5 1984 51.6 1985 50 1986 48.6 1987 47.4 1988 46.3 1989 45.2 1990 44 1991 43.1 1992 42.3 1993 41.6 1994 41.1 1995 40.8 1996 40.4 1997 39.9 1998 39.2 1999 38.4 2000 37.4 2001 36.3 2002 35.2 2003 34.1 2004 33 2005 31.9 2006 30.8 2007 29.7 2008 28.6 2009 27.5 2010 26.4 2011 25.4 2012 24.4 2013 23.6 2014 22.8 2015 22.1