Year per 1,000 people 1960 23.66302403062864 1961 23.382257791927486 1962 23.122304326947276 1963 23.004678683059876 1964 22.48936852702531 1965 22.441758121713963 1966 22.632005797451 1967 21.999340809161115 1968 21.70160467875379 1969 21.47656252177389 1970 21.203451372001393 1971 20.784215114999856 1972 21.037274983836955 1973 20.322655683721806 1974 20.317060814684133 1975 20.071085605633584 1976 19.445311287000337 1977 19.188142425988616 1978 19.037951083532505 1979 18.71756483445485 1980 18.46279518241763 1981 18.270773818409555 1982 18.149718672988914 1983 19.387945528586215 1984 19.547218740588185 1985 19.185044057462108 1986 18.433728053616733 1987 17.84427666133456 1988 18.606259173975502 1989 16.835760396584202 1990 16.750928301368074 1991 16.883582989440374 1992 16.959635207722243 1993 16.231394365525304 1994 16.90293591359412 1995 15.485270889315167 1996 15.319540792429759 1997 14.948023181661481 1998 15.343801092810473 1999 14.246143022556234 2000 13.626962981554207 2001 13.268782434620856 2002 12.923991345451558 2003 12.315792273835893 2004 11.965846068951784 2005 11.581489607137044 2006 11.09551743858846 2007 10.694610330719653 2008 10.337251424051853 2009 9.92399825844125 2010 9.629416619657707 2011 9.302114089575502 2012 9.104992048523853 2013 8.881855508777027 2014 8.66828316015125 2015 8.440182521715862 2016 8.190702816096984 2017 7.9912895442002565 2018 7.8207273809201405 2019 7.638910140439176 2020 7.794945446941323 2021 7.963382773013216 2022 7.707903320255936