Table D-1.  Number of 18-Year-Old Youth by Gender and Military NPS Accession Requirements, 1950-2010 (in Thousands)
	18-YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS		ACCESSION			18-YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS		NPS ACCESSION
YEAR	MALE	FEMALE	REQUIREMENTS		YEAR	MALE	FEMALE	REQUIREMENTS
1950	1090	1074			1981	2128	2058	301
1951	1049	1036			1982	2107	2030	301
1952	1037	1021			1983	2022	1955	299
1953	1089	1071			1984	1922	1852	305
1954	1075	1060	576		1985	1877	1809	297
1955	1074	1068	623		1986	1849	1774	313
1956	1132	1113	482		1987	1892	1812	295
1957	1148	1126	457		1988	1947	1856	271
1958	1164	1143	367		1989	1994	1894	277
1959	1228	1203	392		1990	1849	1755	223
1960	1323	1289	389		1991	1740	1651	205
1961	1507	1469	395		1992	1696	1615	202
1962	1424	1393	519		1993	1740	1653	203
1963	1409	1377	370		1994	1716	1633	176
1964	1398	1365	477		1995	1796	1710	168
1965	1929	1876	414		1996	1812	1726	179
1966	1792	1743	903		1997	1869	1780	189
1967	1794	1751	770		1998	1965	1872	186
1968	1791	1749	843		1999	1965	1873	185
1969	1858	1818	822		2000	2011	1918	195
1970	1914	1868	632		2001	2037	1933	194
1971	1962	1917	544		2002	2001	1898	190
1972	2010	1966	418		2003	2063	1957	186
1973	2052	2000	406		2004	2074	1966	191
1974	2078	2024	389		2005	2081	1975	191
1975	2159	2097	410		2006	2110	2005	190
1976	2164	2101	283		2007	2160	2050	190
1977	2159	2099	375		2008	2241	2127	190
1978	2157	2090	304		2009	2253	2140	190
1979	2196	2121	307		2010	2234	2127	190
1980	2156	2089	352
Sources:  America's Volunteers:  A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC:  DoD, December 1978); Patterson, D.A., & Haskins, J.A., The Air Force, Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL:  Air University  Press, December 1987); the Defense Manpower Data Center; and OASD (FMP)(MPP)(AP).
Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (June 21, 1993).
Accessions reported for  1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.