Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted District of Columbia Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 2000 March N/A N/A 639 2,763 June N/A N/A 913 4,973 September N/A N/A 841 7,808 December 805 4,283 898 5,556 2001 March 858 4,889 733 4,051 June 738 3,337 821 4,584 September 760 4,808 836 5,231 December 825 4,218 931 5,332 2002 March 772 4,706 850 4,382 June 699 4,557 698 3,875 September 722 3,507 680 3,863 December 805 4,355 720 3,432 2003 March 841 5,001 733 4,143 June 658 3,351 685 4,234 September 813 4,117 696 3,116 December 911 3,929 850 3,839 2004 March 769 4,884 772 3,660 June 742 3,773 765 4,317 September 817 3,253 714 3,058 December 893 3,059 720 3,464 2005 March 789 3,018 769 3,424 June 748 3,450 811 3,962 September 814 3,535 761 3,373 December 827 3,350 675 2,739 2006 March 772 3,558 643 2,536 June 772 3,795 698 3,154 September 800 3,061 767 2,591 December 735 2,581 715 3,288 2007 March 886 3,554 745 2,937 June 748 3,441 823 3,242 September 789 2,485 888 3,680 December 789 2,743 760 3,204 2008 March 711 3,047 745 2,721 June 582 2,538 655 2,554 September 798 3,216 758 3,236 December 700 3,211 968 3,750 2009 March 614 2,401 835 4,312 June 620 2,932 742 3,216 September 690 2,772 642 2,066 December 805 3,495 654 2,618 2010 March 710 2,929 698 2,153 June 656 2,812 764 3,034 September 725 3,279 900 4,078 December 933 4,441 700 2,571 2011 March 810 2,860 N/A N/A June 768 3,903 N/A N/A September 838 3,406 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.