Drop Down loading slowly

My php populated drop down loads exceptionally slowly.

The code is in the form.  I also tried to assign it to a variable at the top of the page and then echo the variable at the correct point in the form, but that didn't change the speed.

<select name="year" style="width: 70px;">
                                   	<option>Year</option>  
<?php 
		$current_year = Date("Y");
		$year_dropdown = '';
		$selected = '';
		for ($i = ($current_year - 80); $i <= ($current_year); $i++) {
			if(isset($trimmed['year']) && ($trimmed['year'] == $i)) 
							  $selected = ' selected="selected" ';
			$year_dropdown .= '<option ' . $selected . 'value="'. $i . '">' . $i . '</option>';
		}
?>
</select>

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Suggestions on how to speed it up?