Year Deaths per 100,000 1950 1.54 1951 1.67 1952 2.07 1953 1.85 1954 1.96 1955 2.72 1956 2.37 1957 2.73 1958 3.02 1959 1.37 1960 2.55 1961 1.94 1962 2.54 1963 2.99 1964 3.07 1965 2.58 1966 3.31 1967 4.22 1968 3.79 1969 4.18 1970 4.25 1971 3.445 1972 4.35 1973 4.475 1974 2.93 1975 4.265 1976 3.05 1977 3.565 1978 3.13 1979 3.865 1980 3.4 1981 3.975 1982 3.68 1983 3.745 1984 3.52 1985 4.355 1986 3.92 1987 4.315 1988 4.81 1989 4.675 1990 4.51 1991 4.5 1992 4.58 1993 4.57 1994 4.58 1995 4.58 1996 4.61 1997 4.6 1998 4.57 1999 4.52 2000 4.48 2001 4.34 2002 4.2 2003 4.13 2004 4.13 2005 4.09 2006 4.12 2007 4.07 2008 4.1 2009 4.13 2010 3.98 2011 3.88 2012 3.76 2013 3.56 2014 3.44 2015 3.37 2016 3.31