Year per 1,000 people 1960 20.0129976479065 1961 19.722225263925292 1962 19.38921921076705 1963 19.113012877988947 1964 18.797043061448942 1965 19.45525563834315 1966 19.0066418410992 1967 18.703697294694994 1968 17.60359032401693 1969 17.32347939254814 1970 17.471204473430873 1971 19.15518847431289 1972 16.461643744562775 1973 16.133908061478568 1974 15.782061431965241 1975 15.355795832775133 1976 15.022073732289424 1977 14.705874457912927 1978 14.38386319446307 1979 14.102067971088463 1980 13.804732432203853 1981 13.493425331629117 1982 13.198366590904351 1983 12.867949461165724 1984 12.607243254857863 1985 12.316928347732048 1986 11.971647192111213 1987 11.696503249571409 1988 11.398890678839031 1989 11.143256076323281 1990 10.826655044411913 1991 10.694039139109151 1992 10.317621569353033 1993 10.104173937196098 1994 9.881262367381543 1995 9.68117580766213 1996 9.488202075514582 1997 9.231604721155424 1998 8.967201475026025 1999 8.70094242413096 2000 8.570115974894417 2001 8.418394538063472 2002 8.238172006556498 2003 8.072707507287971 2004 7.949097717634591 2005 7.816926858481314 2006 7.655262473747048 2007 7.597093991496575 2008 7.513084816971191 2009 7.453094345401841 2010 7.302632356667589 2011 7.199881146221003 2012 7.057151824842495 2013 6.925425775717828 2014 6.7830889787745665 2015 6.667604639903897 2016 6.584932305258703 2017 6.54462121124803 2018 6.559513084333289 2019 6.59675278285219 2020 7.166529661885306 2021 8.737008746861823 2022 8.37629590288004