TABLE 18
                                LICENSED INACTIVE REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN MAINE*
                                              AGE BY REASON FOR INACTIVITY
                                                    JANUARY 31, 2004

                                                                 REASON INACTIVE

                                               WORKING/
                                    WORKING/     NOT                           HOUSEHOLD
                                    SEEKING    SEEKING                         RESPONSIB-
                          TOTAL       WORK       WORK    UNEMPLOYED  RETIRED    ILITIES     OTHER     UNKNOWN

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

         TOTAL                  80          7         30          5          7         18         10          3
         *****AGE*****
         <25 YEARS               2          1          0          1          0          0          0          0
         25-34 YEARS            15          1          3          1          0          7          3          0
         35-44 YEARS            31          1         12          1          0         10          5          2
         45-54 YEARS            23          2         14          2          3          0          2          0
         55-64 YEARS             7          2          1          0          2          1          0          1
         65+ YEARS               2          0          0          0          2          0          0          0

                    *LICENSED, INACTIVE PROFESSIONALS RESIDING 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