TABLE 7
                                     ACTIVE REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN MAINE*
                                       COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT BY FORM OF EMPLOYMENT
                                                    JANUARY 31, 2004

                                                 ***************COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT**********

                  TOTAL  And   Aro   Cum   Fra   Han   Ken   Kno   Lin   Oxf   Pen   Pis   Sag   Som   Wal   Was   Yor

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

 TOTAL              739    52    26   242    12    36    74    24    19    18    96     8    20    15    15    10    72
 FORM OF
 EMPLOYMENT
 Federal Govt.       10                 1     2     3     1                       2           1
 Group Dental
 Practice           200    28     6    78     1    12    16     6     7     3    19     4           6     2          12
 Local Govt.          4                 1                 1                       1           1
 Other               17     2           5           1     1     2                 3           1                       2
 Other Non-Govt.     14           1     5                             1           4           2                       1
 Public Health       26     3     1     2           1     8     1     1           5                 1           3
 Solo Dental
 Practice           464    19    17   149     9    19    46    15    10    15    62     4    15     8    13     7    56
 Unknown              4           1     1                 1                                                           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