Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Health Care and Social Assistance Surviving Total Employment Survival Rates Survival Rates of Average Employment Establishments of Survivors Since Birth Previous Year's of Survivors Survivors Annual openings Year ended: March 1994 March 1994 36,457 323,406 100.0 _ 8.9 March 1995 31,489 357,431 86.4 86.4 11.4 March 1996 27,954 366,536 76.7 88.8 13.1 March 1997 25,493 361,371 69.9 91.2 14.2 March 1998 23,448 349,321 64.3 92.0 14.9 March 1999 21,793 330,449 59.8 92.9 15.2 March 2000 20,116 321,602 55.2 92.3 16.0 March 2001 18,889 315,971 51.8 93.9 16.7 March 2002 17,954 311,829 49.2 95.1 17.4 March 2003 17,223 307,266 47.2 95.9 17.8 March 2004 16,536 300,968 45.4 96.0 18.2 March 2005 15,896 298,791 43.6 96.1 18.8 March 2006 15,444 300,881 42.4 97.2 19.5 March 2007 14,847 302,204 40.7 96.1 20.4 March 2008 14,313 290,788 39.3 96.4 20.3 March 2009 13,967 291,461 38.3 97.6 20.9 March 2010 13,533 287,776 37.1 96.9 21.3 March 2011 13,229 289,104 36.3 97.8 21.9 March 2012 12,820 289,764 35.2 96.9 22.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 38,384 356,967 100.0 _ 9.3 March 1996 32,693 402,199 85.2 85.2 12.3 March 1997 29,364 414,327 76.5 89.8 14.1 March 1998 26,708 406,223 69.6 91.0 15.2 March 1999 24,587 380,689 64.1 92.1 15.5 March 2000 22,499 374,825 58.6 91.5 16.7 March 2001 20,960 369,440 54.6 93.2 17.6 March 2002 19,884 368,108 51.8 94.9 18.5 March 2003 19,050 368,177 49.6 95.8 19.3 March 2004 18,293 366,877 47.7 96.0 20.1 March 2005 17,505 362,038 45.6 95.7 20.7 March 2006 16,893 361,991 44.0 96.5 21.4 March 2007 16,415 364,339 42.8 97.2 22.2 March 2008 15,922 367,453 41.5 97.0 23.1 March 2009 15,355 367,367 40.0 96.4 23.9 March 2010 14,967 367,651 39.0 97.5 24.6 March 2011 14,558 365,454 37.9 97.3 25.1 March 2012 14,226 364,683 37.1 97.7 25.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 39,071 378,509 100.0 _ 9.7 March 1997 33,013 402,151 84.5 84.5 12.2 March 1998 29,555 399,259 75.6 89.5 13.5 March 1999 26,652 381,462 68.2 90.2 14.3 March 2000 24,276 367,046 62.1 91.1 15.1 March 2001 22,726 365,660 58.2 93.6 16.1 March 2002 21,240 365,644 54.4 93.5 17.2 March 2003 20,212 362,323 51.7 95.2 17.9 March 2004 19,261 363,705 49.3 95.3 18.9 March 2005 18,520 363,539 47.4 96.2 19.6 March 2006 17,722 364,619 45.4 95.7 20.6 March 2007 17,022 359,968 43.6 96.1 21.1 March 2008 16,460 369,023 42.1 96.7 22.4 March 2009 15,964 365,222 40.9 97.0 22.9 March 2010 15,527 365,599 39.7 97.3 23.5 March 2011 15,115 354,418 38.7 97.3 23.4 March 2012 14,668 354,826 37.5 97.0 24.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 41,358 397,443 100.0 _ 9.6 March 1998 34,841 422,988 84.2 84.2 12.1 March 1999 30,966 403,544 74.9 88.9 13.0 March 2000 27,907 401,693 67.5 90.1 14.4 March 2001 25,503 394,312 61.7 91.4 15.5 March 2002 23,641 393,594 57.2 92.7 16.6 March 2003 22,381 392,269 54.1 94.7 17.5 March 2004 21,204 392,539 51.3 94.7 18.5 March 2005 20,320 388,546 49.1 95.8 19.1 March 2006 19,660 390,858 47.5 96.8 19.9 March 2007 18,955 392,763 45.8 96.4 20.7 March 2008 18,252 394,950 44.1 96.3 21.6 March 2009 17,723 396,542 42.9 97.1 22.4 March 2010 17,196 393,819 41.6 97.0 22.9 March 2011 16,788 389,523 40.6 97.6 23.2 March 2012 16,268 388,683 39.3 96.9 23.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 41,298 393,538 100.0 _ 9.5 March 1999 35,294 410,745 85.5 85.5 11.6 March 2000 31,147 416,597 75.4 88.3 13.4 March 2001 28,375 412,655 68.7 91.1 14.5 March 2002 26,282 417,925 63.6 92.6 15.9 March 2003 24,883 421,251 60.3 94.7 16.9 March 2004 23,681 418,511 57.3 95.2 17.7 March 2005 22,679 421,876 54.9 95.8 18.6 March 2006 21,915 425,652 53.1 96.6 19.4 March 2007 21,212 429,504 51.4 96.8 20.2 March 2008 20,502 428,830 49.6 96.7 20.9 March 2009 19,791 432,820 47.9 96.5 21.9 March 2010 19,113 430,461 46.3 96.6 22.5 March 2011 18,625 432,695 45.1 97.4 23.2 March 2012 17,946 431,924 43.5 96.4 24.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 41,129 414,696 100.0 _ 10.1 March 2000 35,218 437,171 85.6 85.6 12.4 March 2001 31,733 443,183 77.2 90.1 14.0 March 2002 29,437 448,668 71.6 92.8 15.2 March 2003 27,502 446,398 66.9 93.4 16.2 March 2004 25,859 442,570 62.9 94.0 17.1 March 2005 24,575 442,153 59.8 95.0 18.0 March 2006 23,687 444,772 57.6 96.4 18.8 March 2007 22,732 442,078 55.3 96.0 19.4 March 2008 21,894 440,799 53.2 96.3 20.1 March 2009 21,022 438,345 51.1 96.0 20.9 March 2010 20,308 440,909 49.4 96.6 21.7 March 2011 19,709 432,287 47.9 97.1 21.9 March 2012 18,938 430,332 46.0 96.1 22.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 40,982 361,002 100.0 _ 8.8 March 2001 35,694 391,626 87.1 87.1 11.0 March 2002 33,609 405,098 82.0 94.2 12.1 March 2003 31,286 414,982 76.3 93.1 13.3 March 2004 29,383 418,601 71.7 93.9 14.2 March 2005 27,827 417,350 67.9 94.7 15.0 March 2006 26,661 418,743 65.1 95.8 15.7 March 2007 25,313 418,769 61.8 94.9 16.5 March 2008 24,218 421,861 59.1 95.7 17.4 March 2009 23,161 420,506 56.5 95.6 18.2 March 2010 22,312 420,683 54.4 96.3 18.9 March 2011 21,519 418,840 52.5 96.4 19.5 March 2012 20,762 421,361 50.7 96.5 20.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 37,074 292,951 100.0 _ 7.9 March 2002 36,008 341,538 97.1 97.1 9.5 March 2003 32,968 347,878 88.9 91.6 10.6 March 2004 30,651 357,868 82.7 93.0 11.7 March 2005 28,887 360,524 77.9 94.2 12.5 March 2006 27,343 362,609 73.8 94.7 13.3 March 2007 25,925 364,718 69.9 94.8 14.1 March 2008 24,579 370,348 66.3 94.8 15.1 March 2009 23,592 362,203 63.6 96.0 15.4 March 2010 22,618 357,504 61.0 95.9 15.8 March 2011 21,623 354,052 58.3 95.6 16.4 March 2012 20,816 354,319 56.1 96.3 17.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 41,132 321,015 100.0 _ 7.8 March 2003 37,369 357,601 90.9 90.9 9.6 March 2004 34,556 367,722 84.0 92.5 10.6 March 2005 32,143 373,354 78.1 93.0 11.6 March 2006 30,540 378,409 74.2 95.0 12.4 March 2007 28,835 385,864 70.1 94.4 13.4 March 2008 27,425 387,951 66.7 95.1 14.1 March 2009 26,075 390,526 63.4 95.1 15.0 March 2010 24,967 384,834 60.7 95.8 15.4 March 2011 24,113 385,120 58.6 96.6 16.0 March 2012 23,028 382,795 56.0 95.5 16.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 41,864 307,677 100.0 _ 7.3 March 2004 38,869 343,398 92.8 92.8 8.8 March 2005 35,724 355,539 85.3 91.9 10.0 March 2006 33,536 366,257 80.1 93.9 10.9 March 2007 31,302 374,539 74.8 93.3 12.0 March 2008 29,501 380,716 70.5 94.2 12.9 March 2009 27,884 378,902 66.6 94.5 13.6 March 2010 26,658 376,340 63.7 95.6 14.1 March 2011 25,486 373,191 60.9 95.6 14.6 March 2012 24,291 371,812 58.0 95.3 15.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 40,962 279,481 100.0 _ 6.8 March 2005 37,988 326,425 92.7 92.7 8.6 March 2006 35,651 345,633 87.0 93.8 9.7 March 2007 33,197 357,645 81.0 93.1 10.8 March 2008 31,092 363,904 75.9 93.7 11.7 March 2009 29,154 362,533 71.2 93.8 12.4 March 2010 27,653 361,651 67.5 94.9 13.1 March 2011 26,368 359,490 64.4 95.4 13.6 March 2012 24,982 357,733 61.0 94.7 14.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 41,668 273,319 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2006 39,869 321,309 95.7 95.7 8.1 March 2007 36,758 341,809 88.2 92.2 9.3 March 2008 33,858 351,534 81.3 92.1 10.4 March 2009 31,656 354,089 76.0 93.5 11.2 March 2010 29,687 356,672 71.2 93.8 12.0 March 2011 28,298 356,332 67.9 95.3 12.6 March 2012 26,579 358,929 63.8 93.9 13.5 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 45,982 280,127 100.0 _ 6.1 March 2007 42,387 327,920 92.2 92.2 7.7 March 2008 38,722 346,278 84.2 91.4 8.9 March 2009 35,724 351,047 77.7 92.3 9.8 March 2010 33,425 354,236 72.7 93.6 10.6 March 2011 31,510 359,021 68.5 94.3 11.4 March 2012 29,268 360,196 63.7 92.9 12.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 46,303 274,838 100.0 _ 5.9 March 2008 42,431 327,016 91.6 91.6 7.7 March 2009 39,176 342,854 84.6 92.3 8.8 March 2010 36,322 354,537 78.4 92.7 9.8 March 2011 34,137 355,467 73.7 94.0 10.4 March 2012 31,807 359,039 68.7 93.2 11.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 46,362 267,100 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2009 42,772 311,359 92.3 92.3 7.3 March 2010 38,975 328,817 84.1 91.1 8.4 March 2011 36,227 338,922 78.1 92.9 9.4 March 2012 33,341 347,708 71.9 92.0 10.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 46,418 244,569 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2010 41,515 284,996 89.4 89.4 6.9 March 2011 38,300 301,472 82.5 92.3 7.9 March 2012 34,824 312,264 75.0 90.9 9.0 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 45,405 242,786 100.0 _ 5.3 March 2011 41,348 284,356 91.1 91.1 6.9 March 2012 37,254 305,043 82.0 90.1 8.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 46,158 231,132 100.0 _ 5.0 March 2012 40,397 272,609 87.5 87.5 6.7 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 46,885 232,928 100.0 _ 5.0 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.