Table 12
Active Dentists in Maine*
Average Hours Worked Per Week Within Activity by Age
January 1, 2006

                              Average
                   Number    Hours/Week
                     of         All       Patient                                                   Community     
      Age        Dentists*   Activities     Care    Teaching   Research   Administration   Retail   Services    Other   
  *************  *********   **********   *******   ********   ********   **************   ******   ********    ***** 

  Total             561         36.3        33.7       0.4        0.0          1.5           0.0       0.1       0.7

  25-34 Years        36         40.7        39.1       0.3        0.0          1.1           0.0       0.2       0.1
  35-44 Years        92         37.0        35.5       0.1        0.0          1.1           0.0       0.1       0.1
  45-54 Years       197         38.2        34.9       0.5        0.0          1.9           0.0       0.1       0.7
  55-64 Years       193         35.5        32.3       0.5        0.1          1.5           0.0       0.0       1.1
  65+ Years          42         26.2        25.4       0.3        0.0          0.3           0.0       0.0       0.2
  Age Unknown         1         45.0        42.0       0.0        0.0          3.0           0.0       0.0       0.0

  *Licensed, active professionals working in Maine who responded to the survey
   Excluding 24 dentists with unknown hours in one or more activities.

  Source of Data: Maine Cooperative Health Workforce Resource Inventory, ODRVS.

                                                                       Maine Department of Health and Human Services
                                                                      Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

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