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FISCAL
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|
YEAR
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ACCESSIONS*
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APPLICANTS
|
RATIO
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|
1976
|
282,985
|
609,054
|
0.465
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|
1977
|
374,828
|
762,086
|
0.492
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|
1978
|
303,734
|
585,820
|
0.518
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|
1979
|
306,758
|
609,361
|
0.503
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|
1980
|
351,693
|
768,532
|
0.458
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|
1981
|
300,970
|
800,103
|
0.376
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|
1982
|
300,955
|
793,738
|
0.379
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|
1983
|
299,455
|
728,657
|
0.411
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|
1984
|
305,063
|
629,281
|
0.485
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|
1985
|
297,354
|
626,218
|
0.475
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|
1986
|
312,621
|
628,532
|
0.497
| ||
|
1987
|
295,225
|
600,769
|
0.491
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|
1988
|
270,994
|
509,172
|
0.532
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|
1989
|
277,113
|
571,884
|
0.485
| ||
|
1990
|
223,401
|
487,819
|
0.458
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|
1991
|
204,882
|
428,321
|
0.478
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|
1992
|
201,565
|
372,554
|
0.541
| ||
|
1993
|
202,909
|
379,291
|
0.535
| ||
|
1994
|
176,409
|
343,176
|
0.514
| ||
|
1995
|
167,287
|
355,641
|
0.470
| ||
|
1996
|
179,133
|
373,473
|
0.480
| ||
|
1997
|
188,895
|
391,666
|
0.482
| ||
|
1998
|
180,031
|
346,735
|
0.519
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|
1999
|
183,768
|
343,945
|
0.534
| ||
|
2000
|
178,833
|
365,348
|
0.489
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|
* Accessions are
based on the DMDC edit version of the MEPCOM file.
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|
Before FY 1994, these numbers differ from
accessions reported in Tables
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D3-D14, which are based on the unedited file received from MEPCOM.
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