| Table E-1. FY 2008 Coast Guard Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Age and Gender | |||||||||
| AGE | NUMBER | PERCENT | |||||||
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| 16-17 | 588 | 167 | 755 | 7.96% | 11.03% | 8.48% | |||
| 18 | 1,564 | 295 | 1,859 | 21.17% | 19.48% | 20.89% | |||
| 19 | 1,256 | 260 | 1,516 | 17.00% | 17.17% | 17.03% | |||
| 20 | 919 | 199 | 1,118 | 12.44% | 13.14% | 12.56% | |||
| 21 | 694 | 117 | 811 | 9.39% | 7.73% | 9.11% | |||
| 22 | 591 | 113 | 704 | 8.00% | 7.46% | 7.91% | |||
| 23 | 452 | 105 | 557 | 6.12% | 6.94% | 6.26% | |||
| 24 | 358 | 72 | 430 | 4.85% | 4.76% | 4.83% | |||
| 25+ | 965 | 186 | 1,151 | 13.06% | 12.29% | 12.93% | |||
| Total | 7,387 | 1,514 | 8,901 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | |||
| 1. Refers to Non-Prior Service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., | |||||||||
| taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude | |||||||||
| Battery (ASVAB)) was in 2008. | |||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||