Year % of total 1970 6.220915524723524 1971 6.043780705319058 1972 5.742225190990276 1973 6.412143125773895 1974 5.7437533237458105 1975 6.2724168979920645 1976 6.3323798499716695 1977 6.322136142382926 1978 6.590928063463419 1979 6.834345422897716 1980 6.99697177730786 1981 7.28970529709224 1982 6.934683548188627 1983 6.96695296696762 1984 7.1911036490773075 1985 7.971487224307347 1986 8.45883858560402 1987 8.898325755131422 1988 8.755733289521473 1989 8.819140420281427 1990 6.982248520710059 1991 7.363420427553444 1992 7.142857142857142 1993 7.201889020070838 1994 7.3053892215568865 1995 7.439024390243902 1996 7.701711491442542 1997 7.28395061728395 1998 7.215189873417721 1999 7.049608355091384 2000 7.123655913978495 2001 7.113543091655266 2002 7.344632768361582 2003 7.5691411935953425 2004 7.703488372093023 2005 7.969924812030076 2006 7.87037037037037 2007 8.225806451612904 2008 8.47457627118644