Year Deaths per 100,000 1955 2.39 1956 2.97 1957 3.38 1958 4.23 1959 3.85 1960 4.18 1961 3.32 1962 2.5 1963 4.4 1964 4.43 1965 4.34 1966 3.98 1967 4.13 1968 3.9 1969 4.75 1970 5.52 1971 6.035 1972 6.46 1973 6.425 1974 7.41 1975 7.395 1976 8.25 1977 8.615 1978 8.72 1979 9.895 1980 10.16 1981 11.075 1982 11.68 1983 12.275 1984 13.15 1985 14.695 1986 14.89 1987 15.515 1988 16.29 1989 17.345 1990 17.73 1991 17.92 1992 18.18 1993 18.56 1994 18.93 1995 19.07 1996 19.16 1997 19.31 1998 19.37 1999 19.26 2000 19.15 2001 19.12 2002 19.38 2003 19.55 2004 19.3 2005 19.38 2006 19.09 2007 18.93 2008 19.15 2009 19.05 2010 19.06 2011 18.86 2012 18.76 2013 18.97 2014 18.88 2015 18.7 2016 18.75