Year per 1,000 people 1960 8.929438968896822 1965 8.80000019073486 1970 7.81522254812914 1971 7.5 1972 7.400000095367429 1973 7.19999980926514 1974 7.099999904632571 1975 6.80000019073486 1976 6.6291319520311625 1977 6.448625632367447 1978 6.268036196275137 1979 6.167966375852348 1980 6.077907707601301 1981 5.997606425627602 1982 5.98803330382625 1983 5.897880274915484 1984 5.807743935301268 1985 5.627365698970191 1986 5.5274460487341255 1987 5.337775540446155 1988 5.238259129356737 1989 5.129370179917629 1990 5.0098403270518945 1991 4.899770945940884 1992 4.689629462647687 1993 4.589452368807381 1994 4.3000001907 1995 4.1892212827297515 1996 3.9697892787830016 1997 3.8593052082745056 1998 3.7492717056806804 1999 3.629473643280641 2000 3.517463817980622 2001 3.4915974942356525 2002 3.41457737728434 2003 3.346718606939763 2004 3.2777031243107553 2005 3.1901626806774273 2006 3.1642532905880465 2007 3.122281821404856 2008 3.1024040773144193 2009 3.0523373233988167 2010 3.023257472085158 2011 2.9531243583140143 2012 2.9160585198546847 2013 2.8730160258243203 2014 2.8139764732612433 2015 2.7819696255248223 2016 2.752908868002438 2017 2.835644312238066