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Establishment Births and Deaths

Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted, Q1 1994–Q4 2010
3 months ended	Establishment births	Establishment deaths	Net change
Mar 1994	182,000	157,000	25,000
Jun 1994	187,000	160,000	27,000
Sep 1994	193,000	150,000	43,000
Dec 1994	184,000	166,000	18,000
Mar 1995	189,000	156,000	33,000
Jun 1995	189,000	163,000	26,000
Sep 1995	185,000	164,000	21,000
Dec 1995	188,000	168,000	20,000
Mar 1996	195,000	169,000	26,000
Jun 1996	191,000	166,000	25,000
Sep 1996	199,000	165,000	34,000
Dec 1996	204,000	170,000	34,000
Mar 1997	203,000	174,000	29,000
Jun 1997	195,000	174,000	21,000
Sep 1997	196,000	167,000	29,000
Dec 1997	195,000	183,000	12,000
Mar 1998	206,000	178,000	28,000
Jun 1998	206,000	168,000	38,000
Sep 1998	200,000	178,000	22,000
Dec 1998	189,000	181,000	8,000
Mar 1999	199,000	184,000	15,000
Jun 1999	206,000	183,000	23,000
Sep 1999	206,000	187,000	19,000
Dec 1999	199,000	184,000	15,000
Mar 2000	213,000	186,000	27,000
Jun 2000	204,000	180,000	24,000
Sep 2000	209,000	199,000	10,000
Dec 2000	200,000	194,000	6,000
Mar 2001	206,000	203,000	3,000
Jun 2001	204,000	204,000	0
Sep 2001	204,000	207,000	-3,000
Dec 2001	194,000	200,000	-6,000
Mar 2002	204,000	190,000	14,000
Jun 2002	208,000	187,000	21,000
Sep 2002	199,000	184,000	15,000
Dec 2002	201,000	191,000	10,000
Mar 2003	193,000	186,000	7,000
Jun 2003	191,000	186,000	5,000
Sep 2003	193,000	179,000	14,000
Dec 2003	200,000	180,000	20,000
Mar 2004	207,000	180,000	27,000
Jun 2004	203,000	185,000	18,000
Sep 2004	209,000	186,000	23,000
Dec 2004	210,000	180,000	30,000
Mar 2005	209,000	185,000	24,000
Jun 2005	216,000	180,000	36,000
Sep 2005	221,000	186,000	35,000
Dec 2005	221,000	186,000	35,000
Mar 2006	220,000	180,000	40,000
Jun 2006	221,000	194,000	27,000
Sep 2006	210,000	196,000	14,000
Dec 2006	221,000	194,000	27,000
Mar 2007	214,000	193,000	21,000
Jun 2007	206,000	202,000	4,000
Sep 2007	216,000	203,000	13,000
Dec 2007	208,000	207,000	1,000
Mar 2008	207,000	211,000	-4,000
Jun 2008	200,000	228,000	-28,000
Sep 2008	191,000	223,000	-32,000
Dec 2008	188,000	240,000	-52,000
Mar 2009	172,000	235,000	-63,000
Jun 2009	177,000	226,000	-49,000
Sep 2009	169,000	215,000	-46,000
Dec 2009	182,000	200,000	-18,000
Mar 2010	175,000	194,000	-19,000
Jun 2010	179,000	185,000	-6,000
Sep 2010	188,000	—	—
Dec 2010	200,000	—	—
Mar 2011	183,000	—	—
(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.

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