Table B-1.   FY 2003 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Age, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				17-35 YR OLD CIVILIANS
AGE	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.   Number
17	2,522	788	3,310		1,196	266	1,462		1,834	217	2,051		922	484	1,406		6,474	1,755	8,229		2,153,795	2,049,852	4,203,647
18	13,924	3,879	17,803		10,476	2,522	12,998		12,957	977	13,934		8,554	3,094	11,648		45,911	10,472	56,383		2,033,175	1,941,580	3,974,755
19	10,711	2,388	13,099		7,512	1,559	9,071		6,893	430	7,323		6,413	1,868	8,281		31,529	6,245	37,774		1,856,479	1,864,166	3,720,644
20	6,988	1,402	8,390		4,397	881	5,278		3,053	202	3,255		3,846	1,090	4,936		18,284	3,575	21,859		2,023,083	1,924,851	3,947,934
21	4,833	1,005	5,838		2,781	523	3,304		1,802	115	1,917		2,551	689	3,240		11,967	2,332	14,299		1,959,499	1,956,143	3,915,642
22	3,732	819	4,551		1,877	308	2,185		1,115	88	1,203		1,891	499	2,390		8,615	1,714	10,329		1,974,648	2,016,028	3,990,677
23	2,959	619	3,578		1,373	262	1,635		788	57	845		1,201	307	1,508		6,321	1,245	7,566		1,923,982	1,955,897	3,879,880
24	2,251	429	2,680		926	158	1,084		517	28	545		847	211	1,058		4,541	826	5,367		1,916,594	2,016,627	3,933,220
25+	7,011	1,680	8,691		2,740	447	3,187		946	59	1,005		1,393	326	1,719		12,090	2,512	14,602		21,042,244	21,537,462	42,579,706
TOTAL	54,931	13,009	67,940		33,278	6,926	40,204		29,905	2,173	32,078		27,618	8,568	36,186		145,732	30,676	176,408		36,883,500	37,262,605	74,146,106
b.   Percent
17	4.59%	6.06%	4.87%		3.59%	3.84%	3.64%		6.13%	9.99%	6.39%		3.34%	5.65%	3.89%		4.44%	5.72%	4.66%		5.84%	5.50%	5.67%
18	25.35%	29.82%	26.20%		31.48%	36.41%	32.33%		43.33%	44.96%	43.44%		30.97%	36.11%	32.19%		31.50%	34.14%	31.96%		5.51%	5.21%	5.36%
19	19.50%	18.36%	19.28%		22.57%	22.51%	22.56%		23.05%	19.79%	22.83%		23.22%	21.80%	22.88%		21.63%	20.36%	21.41%		5.03%	5.00%	5.02%
20	12.72%	10.78%	12.35%		13.21%	12.72%	13.13%		10.21%	9.30%	10.15%		13.93%	12.72%	13.64%		12.55%	11.65%	12.39%		5.49%	5.17%	5.32%
21	8.80%	7.73%	8.59%		8.36%	7.55%	8.22%		6.03%	5.29%	5.98%		9.24%	8.04%	8.95%		8.21%	7.60%	8.11%		5.31%	5.25%	5.28%
22	6.79%	6.30%	6.70%		5.64%	4.45%	5.43%		3.73%	4.05%	3.75%		6.85%	5.82%	6.60%		5.91%	5.59%	5.86%		5.35%	5.41%	5.38%
23	5.39%	4.76%	5.27%		4.13%	3.78%	4.07%		2.64%	2.62%	2.63%		4.35%	3.58%	4.17%		4.34%	4.06%	4.29%		5.22%	5.25%	5.23%
24	4.10%	3.30%	3.94%		2.78%	2.28%	2.70%		1.73%	1.29%	1.70%		3.07%	2.46%	2.92%		3.12%	2.69%	3.04%		5.20%	5.41%	5.30%
25+	12.76%	12.91%	12.79%		8.23%	6.45%	7.93%		3.16%	2.72%	3.13%		5.04%	3.80%	4.75%		8.30%	8.19%	8.28%		57.05%	57.80%	57.43%
TOTAL	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:   Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2002-September 2003.