Table 8
Active Dentists in Maine*
Form of Employment by County of Employment
January 1, 2006

                                                               Form of Employment

                                  * Self-Employed * **************** Employed by Other *******************
                                                                     Group   Other   State/
        County of                                   Indiv.  Partner- Health   Non-   Local  Federal
        Employment       Total      Solo    Group  Practice   ship    Plan    Govt    Govt    Govt   Other  Unknown
        *************   ********  ******** ******* *******  ******** ******  ******  ****** *******  ****** *******

        Total             585        374      95      37       27       1      14       2      26       6      3
        
        Androscoggin       44         24      10       4        3       0       0       0       1       2      0
        Aroostook          23         18       3       0        1       0       1       0       0       0      0 
        Cumberland        185        101      46      13       19       1       4       0       1       0      0
        Franklin            9          6       1       0        1       0       0       0       1       0      0
        Hancock            21         16       0       1        0       0       3       0       1       0      0 
        Kennebec           60         37      15       1        1       0       1       0       5       0      0 
        Knox               28         18       6       1        1       0       1       1       0       0      0
        Lincoln            14         11       1       2        0       0       0       0       0       0      0
        Oxford             15         13       0       2        0       0       0       0       0       0      0
        Penobscot          72         46       6       6        0       0       1       1      10       0      2
        Piscataquis         7          4       2       0        1       0       0       0       0       0      0
        Sagadahoc          17         11       0       1        0       0       2       0       2       1      0
        Somerset           12         10       0       2        0       0       0       0       0       0      0
        Waldo               9          8       0       1        0       0       0       0       0       0      0
        Washington         10          5       0       0        0       0       0       0       4       1      0
        York               59         46       5       3        0       0       1       0       1       2      1
 
        *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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