Year per 1,000 people 1960 20.857610246872778 1961 14.208925805497188 1962 11.714918832254082 1963 11.54923083999571 1964 12.229815163809146 1965 11.384409554751697 1966 10.579995247770773 1967 10.13803532757412 1968 9.911715422207893 1969 9.701024293643151 1970 9.369608635116235 1971 9.02913309617982 1972 9.080500598467832 1973 8.63366738783407 1974 8.703202748214402 1975 8.592881266877695 1976 8.480876298404509 1977 8.16648408631008 1978 7.758048854895552 1979 7.628990336456135 1980 7.645823575226403 1981 7.582969369830181 1982 7.620067207184936 1983 7.677970887549035 1984 7.540301785172789 1985 7.425432797688186 1986 7.328469570057684 1987 7.1916364510030135 1988 7.118304142246028 1989 6.974741251154311 1990 7.028809559904382 1991 6.992544459438859 1992 6.936850128364817 1993 6.931481094478857 1994 6.82147094607913 1995 6.867511242249585 1996 6.827823957902382 1997 6.768122935153165 1998 6.736353235967516 1999 6.717885033552688 2000 6.70872238178323 2001 6.6846741102164415 2002 6.68863117402416 2003 6.721414796224585 2004 6.786395899548062 2005 6.777961046593807 2006 6.92125623356062 2007 6.989100877535267 2008 7.050020102510147 2009 7.023866535231203 2010 7.033847160475109 2011 7.029734677519647 2012 7.003517037573904 2013 6.986802539687352 2014 6.968947423885198 2015 6.962350699979562 2016 6.969597046122577 2017 6.972087424188137 2018 6.9858497546755505 2019 7.002136583773721 2020 7.558239439252282 2021 8.003156874404308 2022 7.77053485709075