TABLE 1
                                    REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS LICENSED IN MAINE*
                                         RESPONSE STATUS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
                                                    JANUARY 31, 2004

                                                                    RESPONSE STATUS
                                              ALL
                                          HYGIENISTS*    NON-RESPONDENTS         RESPONDENTS

                                            NUMBER      NUMBER     PERCENT    NUMBER     PERCENT

                      ALL HYGIENISTS*             998         158      15.8         840      84.2
                      COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
                      ANDROSCOGGIN                 70          10      14.3          60      85.7
                      AROOSTOCK                    32           3       9.4          29      90.6
                      CUMBERLAND                  308          48      15.6         260      84.4
                      FRANKLIN                     13           1       7.7          12      92.3
                      HANCOCK                      35           4      11.4          31      88.6
                      KENNEBEC                     81          12      14.8          69      85.2
                      KNOX                         25           4      16.0          21      84.0
                      LINCOLN                      27           4      14.8          23      85.2
                      OXFORD                       32           3       9.4          29      90.6
                      PENOBSCOT                   147          31      21.1         116      78.9
                      PISCATAQUIS                  13           3      23.1          10      76.9
                      SAGADAHOC                    27           3      11.1          24      88.9
                      SOMERSET                     31           3       9.7          28      90.3
                      WALDO                        24           3      12.5          21      87.5
                      WASHINGTON                   14           3      21.4          11      78.6
                      YORK                        119          23      19.3          96      80.7

   *ALL REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS LIVING OR WORKING IN MAINE WHO HELD AN ACTIVE LICENSE IN MAINE AS OF 1/31/2004.

      NOTE: PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100.0 DUE TO ROUNDING.

      SOURCE OF DATA: MAINE COOPERATIVE HEALTH MANPOWER RESOURCE INVENTORY, ODRVS
                                                                    MAINE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                   OFFICE OF DATA, RESEARCH, AND VITAL STATISTICS