Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Massachusetts Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 3,752 18,787 December N/A N/A 3,427 17,308 1993 March N/A N/A 3,330 18,250 June 4,174 23,063 3,846 17,806 September 4,374 27,515 3,320 18,088 December 4,602 28,384 3,418 18,991 1994 March 3,989 21,066 3,333 16,523 June 3,992 20,146 3,586 16,483 September 4,810 24,971 3,463 17,220 December 4,405 27,827 3,573 18,856 1995 March 4,497 27,964 3,795 19,650 June 4,186 28,088 3,732 21,689 September 4,214 20,233 3,824 18,628 December 4,170 25,521 3,740 24,348 1996 March 4,019 24,698 3,856 25,592 June 4,568 29,719 3,886 22,314 September 4,449 31,798 3,643 22,257 December 4,428 24,968 3,727 23,625 1997 March 4,374 25,174 3,410 20,505 June 4,550 26,403 4,316 22,174 September 5,597 28,179 4,046 22,156 December 4,221 27,150 3,819 19,589 1998 March 4,087 24,813 3,621 21,168 June 5,066 38,025 4,023 24,385 September 4,618 22,612 4,194 20,305 December 2,842 17,392 4,080 18,471 1999 March 4,906 25,070 3,905 26,047 June 4,682 33,303 4,049 30,685 September 4,272 20,626 4,066 20,352 December 4,205 22,601 3,841 20,838 2000 March 4,301 24,145 4,171 22,932 June 3,949 21,249 4,263 22,877 September 5,635 29,611 3,869 23,060 December 5,012 25,232 4,131 21,465 2001 March 4,404 23,251 4,552 28,919 June 4,284 19,406 4,365 23,049 September 4,074 20,904 4,285 23,930 December 4,304 20,495 4,311 20,803 2002 March 4,674 23,633 4,587 23,493 June 4,497 21,963 4,210 21,990 September 4,388 18,065 4,204 19,765 December 4,510 20,144 4,336 24,146 2003 March 4,569 21,917 4,282 24,993 June 3,956 16,339 4,117 18,907 September 4,368 18,513 4,020 17,778 December 4,149 17,358 4,121 17,108 2004 March 4,376 16,706 4,090 19,606 June 4,101 17,230 3,812 15,100 September 4,185 17,260 4,188 20,465 December 4,488 20,019 4,098 18,028 2005 March 4,493 20,501 4,059 15,324 June 4,735 18,859 4,071 18,127 September 4,196 15,130 4,079 16,814 December 4,196 19,049 4,148 17,941 2006 March 3,810 15,190 3,929 14,290 June 4,675 19,464 4,019 18,614 September 3,823 15,031 4,157 16,091 December 4,026 15,062 4,292 16,892 2007 March 4,327 16,398 3,924 14,538 June 3,888 14,943 3,753 13,411 September 4,173 19,353 4,460 19,082 December 3,842 16,346 4,344 17,730 2008 March 4,209 16,224 4,184 14,674 June 3,584 15,452 4,080 14,873 September 3,678 14,780 4,372 16,759 December 3,506 14,992 4,661 17,838 2009 March 3,231 12,058 5,054 15,677 June 3,335 13,160 4,447 14,636 September 3,179 13,749 4,124 15,671 December 3,354 14,635 3,958 12,819 2010 March 3,979 17,809 4,067 13,686 June 3,265 12,094 3,396 10,576 September 3,401 13,985 4,417 15,472 December 3,766 15,858 4,135 14,157 2011 March 3,195 12,069 N/A N/A June 3,427 13,598 N/A N/A September 5,325 18,114 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.