TABLE 10
                                     ACTIVE REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN MAINE*
                                               AGE BY FORM OF EMPLOYMENT
                                                    JANUARY 31, 2004

                                                                      ****AGE****

                                           25-34     35-44     45-54     55-64                          AGE
                                 TOTAL     YEARS     YEARS     YEARS     YEARS   65+ YEARS <25 YEARS  UNKNOWN

                                 ****      ****      ****      ****      ****      ****      ****      ****

          TOTAL                      739       192       248       206        47        10        35         1
          FORM OF EMPLOYMENT
          Federal Govt.               10         1         5         2         2         0         0         0
          Group Dental
          Practice                   200        53        69        58        10         2         8         0
          Local Govt.                  4         0         2         1         0         0         1         0
          Other                       17         2         5         6         4         0         0         0
          Other Non-Govt.             14         2         3         8         1         0         0         0
          Public Health               26         4        12         7         2         0         1         0
          Solo Dental Practice       464       129       151       124        28         7        24         1
          Unknown                      4         1         1         0         0         1         1         0

                     *LICENSED, ACTIVE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN MAINE WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY.

                      SOURCE OF DATA: MAINE COOPERATIVE HEALTH MANPOWER RESOURCE INVENTORY, ODRVS

                                                          MAINE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                                                         OFFICE OF DATA, RESEARCH, AND VITAL STATISTICS