Year Deaths per 100,000 1955 65.63 1956 67.34 1957 63.27 1958 63.6 1959 66.14 1960 63.38 1961 63.58 1962 60.94 1963 64.16 1964 59.04 1965 53.79 1966 56.61 1967 54.85 1968 57.91 1969 58.34 1970 59.68 1971 56.7955 1972 58.641 1973 58.0365 1974 53.992 1975 54.7775 1976 54.573 1977 52.6385 1978 53.174 1979 54.9295 1980 51.535 1981 49.7105 1982 51.546 1983 50.7815 1984 49.467 1985 47.9625 1986 50.938 1987 49.8735 1988 52.119 1989 53.8845 1990 52.83 1991 50.19 1992 48.11 1993 47.66 1994 47.93 1995 48.62 1996 47.89 1997 46.8 1998 45.25 1999 44.92 2000 43.48 2001 42.47 2002 41.91 2003 41.03 2004 39.96 2005 38.49 2006 37.41 2007 36.07 2008 35.02 2009 35.18 2010 34.88 2011 33.7 2012 32.88 2013 32.12 2014 31.02 2015 30.68 2016 30.47