Table 20
Active Dentists in Maine*
Who Plan to Work as a Dentist in the Next Five Years by Work County
January 1, 2006

                                                               Plan to Work as Dentist
                                                                 Five Years from Now
                                  County of 
                                  Employment             Total    Yes     No    Unknown 
                                  **************        *******  *****   *****  *******

                                  Total                    585     480      75      30

                                  Androscoggin              44      39       4       1
                                  Aroostook                 23      19       1       3
                                  Cumberland               185     153      30       2
                                  Franklin                   9       7       1       1
                                  Hancock                   21      16       3       2
                                  Kennebec                  60      49       7       4
                                  Knox                      28      22       4       2
                                  Lincoln                   14      12       2       0
                                  Oxford                    15      13       1       1
                                  Penobscot                 72      57       6       9
                                  Piscataquis                7       6       1       0
                                  Sagadahoc                 17      12       4       1
                                  Somerset                  12      10       2       0
                                  Waldo                      9       8       0       1
                                  Washington                10       8       1       1
                                  York                      59      49       8       2
                  
                                  *Licensed, active professionals working in Maine who responded to the survey.

                                  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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