TABLE 6
                                     ACTIVE REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN MAINE*
                                              AGE BY COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT
                                                    JANUARY 31, 2004

                                                                      ****AGE****

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

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

          TOTAL                      739        35       192       248       206        47        10         1
          COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT
          Androscoggin                52         2        14        20        13         3         0         0
          Aroostook                   26         0         8        11         4         3         0         0
          Cumberland                 242        16        62        83        61        17         3         0
          Franklin                    12         1         1         4         5         1         0         0
          Hancock                     36         1         9        15         9         2         0         0
          Kennebec                    74         3        18        25        22         5         1         0
          Knox                        24         2        12         4         3         2         1         0
          Lincoln                     19         2         3         5         7         1         1         0
          Oxford                      18         1         2         4         7         3         1         0
          Penobscot                   96         4        25        41        24         1         1         0
          Piscataquis                  8         0         2         1         4         1         0         0
          Sagadahoc                   20         1         6         3         9         1         0         0
          Somerset                    15         0         6         3         4         2         0         0
          Waldo                       15         0         5         3         7         0         0         0
          Washington                  10         0         3         3         3         1         0         0
          York                        72         2        16        23        24         4         2         1

                     *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