TABLE 4
                                         ACTIVE REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN MAINE*
                                 AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK WITHIN ACTIVITY BY COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT
                                                        JANUARY 31, 2004

                                            AVERAGE
           COUNTY             NUMBER      HOURS/WEEK
           OF                   OF            ALL       PATIENT                                    OFFICE
           EMPLOYMENT      HYGIENISTS*    ACTIVITIES      CARE     TEACHING    ADMINISTRATION    MANAGEMENT    OTHER

                               703           28.2         26.8        0.5            0.5             0.3        0.2
           Androscoggin         51           29.0         28.0        0.0            0.4             0.4        0.2
           Aroostook            24           29.1         28.8        0.0            0.4             0.0        0.0
           Cumberland          230           28.4         26.6        0.7            0.7             0.2        0.1
           Franklin             11           28.4         28.0        0.3            0.0             0.0        0.1
           Hancock              34           29.0         28.4        0.5            0.0             0.0        0.1
           Kennebec             72           28.2         26.8        0.0            0.4             0.3        0.7
           Knox                 23           26.5         25.2        0.0            0.7             0.0        0.5
           Lincoln              18           26.9         25.8        0.3            0.4             0.3        0.0
           Oxford               17           28.9         28.4        0.0            0.0             0.6        0.0
           Penobscot            89           28.4         25.6        1.5            0.7             0.4        0.3
           Piscataquis           8           31.8         30.1        1.0            0.0             0.0        0.6
           Sagadahoc            20           30.4         29.5        0.0            0.5             0.3        0.1
           Somerset             14           28.6         28.6        0.0            0.1             0.0        0.0
           Waldo                14           23.9         23.8        0.0            0.1             0.0        0.0
           Washington           10           35.4         25.3        0.0            4.0             4.3        1.8
           York                 68           25.8         25.8        0.2            0.1             0.0        0.1

         *LICENSED, ACTIVE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN MAINE WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY
          EXCLUDING 36 HYGIENISTS WITH UNKNOWN HOURS IN ONE OR MORE ACTIVITIES.

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

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