| Attachment FF-2012 NAMCS Sample Tables | 
	
		| Table 1. Number of physicians in the sampling frame and sample for the 2012 NAMCS by physician specialty group and Census region. | 
	
		| Physician Specialty Group | US Total | Northeast | Midwest | South | West | 
	
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		| US Total | 487,747* - 15,729 | 105,389 - 2,473 | 103,172 - 3,872 | 167,694 - 6,075 | 111,330 - 3,309 | 
	
		| General/Family Practice | 69,336 -     1,705 | 9,105 -    144 | 17,481 -    495 | 25,168 -    685 | 17,563 -    381 | 
	
		| Doctor of Osteopathy | 29,108 -        808 | 7,105 -    145 | 9,039 -    256 | 7,854 -    233 | 5,108 -    174 | 
	
		| Internal Medicince | 71,371 -      1,487 | 17,793 -    297 | 14,065 -    326 | 23,051 -    566 | 16,436 -    298 | 
	
		| Pediatrics | 51,056 -      1,286 | 11,655 -    224 | 9,806 -    290 | 18,072 -    508 | 11,501 -    264 | 
	
		| General Surgery | 17,367 -         685 | 3,449 -      87 | 3,667 -    173 | 6,315 -    283 | 3,931 -    142 | 
	
		| Obestetrics & Gynecology | 32,319 -         750 | 6,602 -    112 | 6,301 -    156 | 11,987 -    326 | 7,415 -    156 | 
	
		| Orthopedic Surgery | 18,488 -         733 | 3,723 -    101 | 3,787 -    186 | 6,573 -    281 | 4,392 -    165 | 
	
		| Cardiovascular Disease | 16,282 -         594 | 4,135 -    105 | 3,286 -    155 | 5,883 -    242 | 2,975 -      92 | 
	
		| Dermatology | 8,797 -         302 | 1,957 -      44 | 1,587 -      72 | 2,996 -    112 | 22,50 -        74 | 
	
		| Urology | 8,211 -         311 | 1,783 -      42 | 1,655 -      72 | 3,091 -    136 | 1,680 -      61 | 
	
		| Psychiatry | 28,496 -       1,002 | 8,032 -    199 | 4,929 -    214 | 8,539 -    366 | 6,988 -    223 | 
	
		| Neurology | 9,981 -         352 | 2,381 -      55 | 2,082 -      95 | 3,472 -    140 | 2,044 -      62 | 
	
		| Ophthalmology | 15,036 -         553 | 3,514 -      85 | 2,999 -    137 | 5,153 -    216 | 3,362 -    115 | 
	
		| Otolaryngology | 7,599 -         291 | 1,496 -      38 | 1,510 -      70 | 2,894 -    127 | 1,698 -      56 | 
	
		| Other specialty | 104,300 -      4,870 | 22,659 -    795 | 20,978 - 1,175 | 36,646 - 1,854 | 23,987 - 1,046 | 
	
		| *US total includes 162 physicians with missing region values in sampling frame; therefore, they were not stratifed into one of the four Census regions sepecifed above. | 
	
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		| Table 2. Number of physicians in the sampling frame and sample for the 2012 NAMCS by Census division and state. | 
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		| **Indicates estimates will be made for applicable state. | 
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		| Census Division | State | Total | 
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		| US | 
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		| Frame | 
 | 487,747 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 15,729 | 
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		| Census Division 1 | 
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		| Frame | 
 | 28,924 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,124 | 
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 | Connecticut-CT** | 
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 | Frame | 7,015 | 
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 | Sample | 418 | 
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 | Massachusetts-MA** | 
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 | Frame | 14,059 | 
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 | Sample | 452 | 
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 | Maine-ME | 
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 | Frame | 2,453 | 
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 | Sample | 79 | 
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 | New Hampshire-NH | 
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 | Frame | 2,222 | 
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 | Sample | 77 | 
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 | Rhode Island-RI | 
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 | Frame | 2,054 | 
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 | Sample | 63 | 
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 | Vermont-VT | 
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 | Frame | 1,121 | 
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 | Sample | 35 | 
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		| Census Division 2 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 75,576 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,276 | 
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 | New Jersey-NJ** | 
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 | Frame | 16,974 | 
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 | Sample | 412 | 
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 | New York-NY* | 
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 | Frame | 36,458 | 
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 | Sample | 444 | 
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 | Pennsylvania-PA** | 
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 | Frame | 22,144 | 
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 | Sample | 420 | 
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		| Census Division 3 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 72,897 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 2,040 | 
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 | Illinois-IL** | 
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 | Frame | 20,586 | 
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 | Sample | 423 | 
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 | Indiana-IN** | 
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 | Frame | 8,764 | 
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 | Sample | 398 | 
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 | Michigan-MI** | 
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 | Frame | 16,248 | 
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 | Sample | 409 | 
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 | Ohio-OH** | 
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 | Frame | 18,276 | 
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 | Sample | 412 | 
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 | Wisconsin-WI** | 
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 | Frame | 9,023 | 
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 | Sample | 398 | 
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		| Census Division 4 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 30,028 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,811 | 
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 | Iowa-IA** | 
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 | Frame | 3,688 | 
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 | Sample | 397 | 
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 | Kansas-KS** | 
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 | Frame | 4,035 | 
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 | Sample | 398 | 
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 | Minnesota-MN** | 
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 | Frame | 9,002 | 
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 | Sample | 426 | 
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 | Missouri-MO** | 
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 | Frame | 8,574 | 
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 | Sample | 424 | 
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 | North Dakota-ND | 
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 | Frame | 979 | 
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 | Sample | 30 | 
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 | Nebraska-NE | 
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 | Frame | 2,551 | 
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 | Sample | 107 | 
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 | South Dakota-SD | 
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 | Frame | 1,199 | 
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 | Sample | 29 | 
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		| Census Division 5 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 95,623 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 2,854 | 
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 | District of Columbia-DC | 
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 | Frame | 1,753 | 
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 | Sample | 129 | 
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 | Delaware-DE | 
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 | Frame | 1,417 | 
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 | Sample | 96 | 
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 | Florida-FL** | 
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 | Frame | 31,001 | 
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 | Sample | 429 | 
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 | Georgia-GA** | 
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 | Frame | 13,338 | 
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 | Sample | 399 | 
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 | Maryland-MD** | 
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 | Frame | 11,680 | 
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 | Sample | 400 | 
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 | North Carolina-NC** | 
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 | Frame | 14,208 | 
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 | Sample | 400 | 
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 | South Carolina-SC** | 
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 | Frame | 6,649 | 
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 | Sample | 390 | 
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 | Virginia-VA** | 
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 | Frame | 12,873 | 
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 | Sample | 400 | 
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 | West Virginia-WV | 
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 | Frame | 2,704 | 
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 | Sample | 211 | 
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		| Census Division 6 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 25,976 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,657 | 
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 | Alabama-AL** | 
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 | Frame | 6,417 | 
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 | Sample | 407 | 
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 | Kentucky-KY** | 
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 | Frame | 6,231 | 
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 | Sample | 415 | 
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 | Mississippi-MS** | 
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 | Frame | 3,300 | 
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 | Sample | 396 | 
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 | Tennessee-TN** | 
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 | Frame | 10,028 | 
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 | Sample | 439 | 
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		| Census Division 7 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 47,384 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,658 | 
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 | Arkansas-AR** | 
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 | Frame | 3,577 | 
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 | Sample | 390 | 
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 | Louisiana-LA** | 
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 | Frame | 6,781 | 
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 | Sample | 399 | 
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 | Oklahoma-OK** | 
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 | Frame | 4,700 | 
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 | Sample | 392 | 
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 | Texas-TX** | 
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 | Frame | 32,326 | 
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 | Sample | 477 | 
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		| Census Division 8 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 30,910 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,601 | 
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 | Arizona-AZ** | 
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 | Frame | 9,113 | 
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 | Sample | 432 | 
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 | Colorado-CO** | 
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 | Frame | 8,319 | 
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 | Sample | 423 | 
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 | Idaho-ID | 
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 | Frame | 1,855 | 
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 | Sample | 68 | 
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 | Montana-MT | 
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 | Frame | 1,416 | 
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 | Sample | 46 | 
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 | New Mexico-NM | 
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 | Frame | 2,741 | 
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 | Sample | 112 | 
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 | Nevada-NV | 
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 | Frame | 3,370 | 
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 | Sample | 117 | 
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 | Utah-UT** | 
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 | Frame | 3,408 | 
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 | Sample | 393 | 
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 | Wyoming-WY | 
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 | Frame | 688 | 
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 | Sample | 10 | 
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		| Census Division 9 | 
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		| Universe | 
 | 80,429 | 
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		| Sample | 
 | 1,708 | 
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 | Alaska-AK | 
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 | Frame | 988 | 
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 | Sample | 101 | 
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 | California-CA** | 
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 | Frame | 59,919 | 
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 | Sample | 487 | 
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 | Hawaii-HI | 
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 | Frame | 2,393 | 
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 | Sample | 332 | 
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 | Oregon-OR** | 
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 | Frame | 6,575 | 
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 | Sample | 391 | 
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 | Washington-WA** | 
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 | Frame | 10,554 | 
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 | Sample | 397 | 
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