Year per 1,000 people 1960 20.012997647906495 1961 19.722225263925292 1962 19.389219210767045 1963 19.113012877988947 1964 18.797043061448942 1965 19.45525563834315 1966 19.006641841099203 1967 18.703697294694994 1968 17.60359032401693 1969 17.32347939254814 1970 17.471204473430873 1971 19.155188474312887 1972 16.461643744562775 1973 16.133908061478568 1974 15.782061431965241 1975 15.355795832775133 1976 15.022073732289421 1977 14.705874457912927 1978 14.383863194463066 1979 14.102067971088465 1980 13.804732432203853 1981 13.493425331629116 1982 13.198366590904353 1983 12.867949461165722 1984 12.607243254857861 1985 12.316928347732048 1986 11.971647192111215 1987 11.696503249571409 1988 11.398890678839031 1989 11.143256076323281 1990 10.826655044411913 1991 10.694039139109151 1992 10.317621569353033 1993 10.104173937196098 1994 9.881262367381542 1995 9.68117580766213 1996 9.488202075514582 1997 9.231604721155422 1998 8.967201475026027 1999 8.700942424130961 2000 8.570115974894417 2001 8.418394538063472 2002 8.238172006556498 2003 8.072707507287973 2004 7.949097717634591 2005 7.816926858481316 2006 7.655262473747048 2007 7.597093991496575 2008 7.5130848169711895 2009 7.4530943454018415 2010 7.302632356667588 2011 7.199881146221003 2012 7.057151824842496 2013 6.9254257757178275 2014 6.783088978774566 2015 6.667604639903897 2016 6.584932305258702 2017 6.544621211248031 2018 6.559513084333289 2019 6.59675278285219 2020 7.166529661885306 2021 8.737008746861823 2022 8.37629590288004