Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Health Care and Social Assistance Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 323,406 356,967 378,509 397,443 393,538 414,696 1 year _ 357,431 402,199 402,151 422,988 410,745 2 years _ _ 366,536 414,327 399,259 403,544 3 years _ _ _ 361,371 406,223 381,462 4 years _ _ _ _ 349,321 380,689 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 330,449 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 10,409,443 10,377,037 10,282,105 10,171,343 10,064,153 9,904,766 Total 10,732,849 11,091,435 11,429,349 11,746,635 12,035,482 12,226,351 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 361,002 292,951 321,015 307,677 279,481 273,319 1 year 437,171 391,626 341,538 357,601 343,398 326,425 2 years 416,597 443,183 405,098 347,878 367,722 355,539 3 years 401,693 412,655 448,668 414,982 357,868 373,354 4 years 367,046 394,312 417,925 446,398 418,601 360,524 5 years 374,825 365,660 393,594 421,251 442,570 417,350 6 years 321,602 369,440 365,644 392,269 418,511 442,153 7 years _ 315,971 368,108 362,323 392,539 421,876 8 years _ _ 311,829 368,177 363,705 388,546 9 years _ _ _ 307,266 366,877 363,539 10 years _ _ _ _ 300,968 362,038 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 298,791 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 9,794,215 9,817,038 9,891,367 9,879,393 9,832,513 9,795,998 Total 12,474,151 12,802,836 13,264,786 13,605,215 13,884,753 14,179,452 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 280,127 274,838 267,100 244,569 242,786 226,136 1 year 321,309 327,920 327,016 311,359 284,996 283,996 2 years 345,633 341,809 346,278 342,854 328,817 301,408 3 years 366,257 357,645 351,534 351,047 354,537 339,247 4 years 378,409 374,539 363,904 354,089 354,236 358,798 5 years 362,609 385,864 380,716 362,533 356,672 358,737 6 years 418,743 364,718 387,951 378,902 361,651 357,041 7 years 444,772 418,769 370,348 390,526 376,340 360,253 8 years 425,652 442,078 421,861 362,203 384,834 372,451 9 years 390,858 429,504 440,799 420,506 357,504 382,685 10 years 364,619 392,763 428,830 438,345 420,683 353,961 11 years 361,991 359,968 394,950 432,820 440,909 418,837 12 years 300,881 364,339 369,023 396,542 430,461 437,297 13 years _ 302,204 367,453 365,222 393,819 430,702 14 years _ _ 290,788 367,367 365,599 389,870 15 years _ _ _ 291,461 367,651 359,622 16 years _ _ _ _ 287,776 365,233 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 289,213 Born before March 1993 9,808,220 9,848,949 9,920,810 9,967,786 9,966,938 9,949,230 Total 14,570,080 14,985,907 15,429,361 15,778,131 16,076,209 16,334,717 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.