Year Number of 1990 7509000 1991 6948000 1992 9327000 1993 9868000 1994 8562000 1995 6347000 1996 4595000 1997 4065000 1998 5062000 1999 4215000 2000 4333000 2001 4223000 2002 3516000 2003 3731000 2004 2600000 2005 2853000 2006 2234000