Year per 1,000 people 1960 23.517922754902425 1961 23.166621427728487 1962 22.767925326453895 1963 22.624602750326734 1964 22.034522837202424 1965 22.004060822713566 1966 21.737914005037343 1967 21.230929994427214 1968 20.93861622220553 1969 20.739476458619514 1970 21.658932223987378 1971 25.348768247557935 1972 20.314888220343736 1973 19.81415262176596 1974 19.856626633695715 1975 20.74196044286094 1976 20.185659158135877 1977 18.936247540705693 1978 18.63348814690693 1979 18.275705361984894 1980 17.942393689303728 1981 17.69710113536595 1982 17.467046503070087 1983 18.094795878447563 1984 18.02003859560161 1985 17.67614645012047 1986 17.086717112600187 1987 16.615542727354327 1988 16.935757550268445 1989 15.828115788409068 1990 15.606264186423314 1991 15.775425366048772 1992 15.400868095996275 1993 14.90317898359154 1994 15.114498184665727 1995 13.980469601768315 1996 13.82738027937596 1997 13.389962795857942 1998 13.36771809484478 1999 12.508733373406784 2000 12.112270653283177 2001 11.805770481999243 2002 11.509293173226228 2003 11.145309654168612 2004 10.845608268226927 2005 10.52638686155032 2006 10.189451564160324 2007 9.936289025324033 2008 9.817152491457156 2009 9.324927348451476 2010 9.1103594173326 2011 8.737546181916368 2012 8.458772397549621 2013 8.249312348550466 2014 8.05683575667925 2015 7.886021577125663 2016 7.65872565347314 2017 7.488870229322063 2018 7.3222312023318015 2019 7.197978438064366 2020 7.418807753913419 2021 7.602688508223056 2022 7.26739920088225