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Competitiveness in State Legislative Elections: 1972-2014 (Data)

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Main analysis:Competitiveness in State Legislative Elections: 1972-2014

Figure 1

Figure 1: Pop. % with Marginal Races
Year	State Senate 5% Marginality	State Senate 10% Marginality	State House 5% Marginality	State House 10% Marginality
1968	5.4	12.0	8.4	15.5
1969	31.6	31.6	9.7	23.4
1970	10.3	20.3	9.4	17.6
1971	9.3	21.4	14.2	26.6
1972	8.8	16.9	9.7	17.9
1973	6.1	29.2	13.5	25.9
1974	10.1	17.3	9.1	17.6
1975	6.9	14.3	9.0	17.3
1976	13.0	21.8	6.7	14.7
1977	6.2	12.3	8.6	20.9
1978	6.8	13.9	7.1	13.9
1979	10.5	16.9	8.3	17.9
1980	9.8	17.4	6.9	13.6
1981	10.6	18.4	7.1	18.4
1982	8.9	17.2	6.8	13.7
1983	8.1	16.2	5.4	11.9
1984	7.4	13.5	5.9	11.6
1985			7.3	19.8
1986	7.7	12.1	5.6	10.5
1987	8.7	17.2	6.7	15.9
1988	5.2	12.3	5.6	10.5
1989	50.0	50.0	12.2	22.0
1990	7.7	17.7	6.3	12.5
1991	12.5	23.8	8.4	18.8
1992	8.2	14.9	7.9	14.3
1993	12.7	17.7	6.1	13.4
1994	8.7	16.7	7.2	13.3
1995	9.6	24.0	5.8	15.9
1996	9.2	15.8	6.7	12.6
1997	2.5	17.7	7.3	11.6
1998	4.6	11.4	4.8	10.3
1999	5.2	10.3	5.0	8.1
2000	6.4	12.7	4.7	10.7
2001	10.0	15.0	5.2	13.4
2002	5.7	12.5	5.4	11.0
2003	2.4	9.5	5.4	12.0
2004	5.2	9.4	5.1	10.7
2005			5.2	11.8
2006	7.2	12.7	6.3	11.9
2007	8.3	13.2	7.4	12.2
2008	5.7	11.3	6.5	12.4
2009	0.0	0.0	8.2	13.4
2010	7.6	14.6	6.3	13.0
2011	6.8	14.5	4.1	10.5
2012	5.4	12.3	6.9	13.9
2013	7.5	12.5	8.7	14.5
2014	5.0	12.0	4.9	10.2

Figure 2

Figure 2: Pop. % with Marginal Legislative Races
Year	State Legislature 5% Marginality	State Legislature 10% Marginality
1968	6.9	13.8
1969	13.6	24.8
1970	9.9	18.9
1971	11.5	23.8
1972	9.2	17.4
1973	9.5	27.7
1974	9.6	17.4
1975	8.0	15.9
1976	9.8	18.3
1977	7.3	16.4
1978	7.0	13.9
1979	9.4	17.4
1980	8.3	15.4
1981	8.6	18.4
1982	7.9	15.5
1983	7.1	14.6
1984	6.7	12.5
1985	7.3	19.8
1986	6.7	11.3
1987	7.9	16.7
1988	5.4	11.4
1989	13.2	22.8
1990	7.0	15.0
1991	10.7	21.6
1992	8.0	14.6
1993	9.5	15.7
1994	8.0	15.0
1995	7.7	19.9
1996	8.0	14.2
1997	4.8	14.8
1998	4.7	10.9
1999	5.1	9.2
2000	5.5	11.6
2001	6.9	14.0
2002	5.5	11.8
2003	3.6	10.5
2004	5.1	10.1
2005	5.2	11.8
2006	6.7	12.3
2007	8.0	12.8
2008	6.1	11.8
2009	8.0	13.1
2010	6.9	13.8
2011	5.6	12.7
2012	6.1	13.1
2013	8.1	13.5
2014	4.9	11.1

Figure 3

Figure 3: Pop. % with Marginal Races vs. % of Southern Democratic Legislators
Year	Southern State Legislature 5% Marginality	Southern State Legislature 10% Marginality	Southern Percent of State Legislature who are Democrats
1968	3.6	9.0	85.2
1969	10.0	23.0	84.4
1970	5.3	11.1	85.5
1971	6.1	10.6	85.5
1972	6.3	11.0	81.6
1973	10.7	20.5	81.8
1974	5.2	9.1	86.6
1975	6.7	14.1	86.6
1976	5.3	9.4	87.7
1977	8.0	19.0	87.2
1978	4.1	9.2	85.1
1979	9.2	16.0	83.9
1980	8.5	14.3	80.0
1981	10.0	26.0	79.5
1982	5.5	9.3	81.7
1983	3.8	11.7	81.5
1984	6.1	9.9	76.9
1985	2.0	8.0	77.1
1986	7.5	11.2	74.4
1987	9.3	14.5	74.0
1988	6.0	11.8	71.0
1989	7.0	12.0	70.5
1990	7.2	13.3	70.2
1991	11.0	21.5	68.5
1992	8.3	14.8	65.1
1993	6.0	13.0	64.4
1994	7.6	13.0	58.4
1995	7.7	19.5	56.6
1996	9.9	13.9	54.9
1997	7.0	9.0	54.2
1998	5.3	9.2	53.6
1999	5.3	9.5	53.7
2000	4.7	10.6	52.3
2001	4.0	13.0	51.7
2002	3.7	10.7	46.9
2003	2.9	8.8	46.6
2004	3.2	6.7	45.2
2005	4.0	11.0	45.1
2006	4.8	8.4	45.6
2007	11.0	16.8	46.3
2008	6.0	9.8	46.5
2009	9.0	13.0	46.2
2010	4.9	10.5	38.9
2011	6.6	12.8	37.2
2012	3.2	7.9	36.8
2013	10.0	14.0	36.2
2014	2.5	5.9	34.2

Figure 4

Figure 4: Pop. % in Marginal Non-Southern Legislative Races
Year	Non-Southern State Legislature 5% Marginality	Non-Southern State Legislature 10% Marginality
1968	8.0	15.5
1969	14.8	25.5
1970	11.0	20.8
1971	17.4	38.2
1972	10.2	19.6
1973	9.3	28.9
1974	11.0	20.0
1975	11.7	21.0
1976	11.2	20.9
1977	7.2	15.9
1978	7.9	15.4
1979	10.0	21.6
1980	8.2	15.7
1981	8.5	17.6
1982	8.7	17.6
1983	13.8	20.4
1984	6.8	13.4
1985	11.3	28.8
1986	6.4	11.4
1987	5.1	21.2
1988	5.2	11.3
1989	17.9	31.0
1990	6.9	15.5
1991	10.0	21.9
1992	7.9	14.6
1993	10.5	16.4
1994	8.1	15.8
1995	7.3	22.0
1996	7.2	14.3
1997	4.2	16.4
1998	4.5	11.5
1999	3.7	7.3
2000	5.8	12.0
2001	8.1	14.4
2002	6.3	12.3
2003	5.0	13.8
2004	5.9	11.4
2005	6.3	12.5
2006	7.5	13.8
2007	1.7	4.7
2008	6.2	12.7
2009	7.1	13.1
2010	7.6	15.0
2011	2.5	12.5
2012	7.4	15.5
2013	7.5	13.3
2014	6.0	13.3

Figure 5

Figure 5: Pop. % with Uncontested State Legislative Races
Year	State Senate Percent Uncontested	State House Percent Uncontested
1971	29.3	28.0
1972	21.1	21.7
1973	11.7	22.2
1974	24.1	27.6
1975	55.2	37.0
1976	25.7	29.4
1977	11.6	28.2
1978	25.4	31.0
1979	41.4	35.1
1980	23.9	31.6
1981	17.8	28.0
1982	27.6	28.9
1983	32.8	39.5
1984	30.5	33.1
1985		25.7
1986	29.2	33.2
1987	33.9	41.9
1988	31.9	34.1
1989	0.0	25.9
1990	25.5	33.2
1991	20.9	26.5
1992	27.4	28.4
1993	10.1	19.9
1994	26.8	33.1
1995	36.8	29.0
1996	27.3	30.1
1997	10.1	28.8
1998	32.4	37.4
1999	55.6	38.3
2000	32.2	36.0
2001	10.0	22.7
2002	36.3	35.0
2003	28.7	38.3
2004	35.7	37.0
2005		28.3
2006	29.0	36.2
2007	32.0	39.7
2008	34.6	37.0
2009	0.0	20.4
2010	23.8	33.0
2011	29.4	39.1
2012	36.1	36.4
2013	5.0	23.4
2014	32.8	40.4

Figure 6

Figure 6: Pop. % with Uncontested State Legislative Races by Region
Year	State Legislature Percent Uncontested	Non-Southern State Legislature Percent Uncontested	Southern State Legislature Percent Uncontested
1971	28.7	12.3	43.7
1972	21.4	12.0	50.3
1973	16.6	13.2	36.1
1974	25.8	16.2	57.6
1975	45.6	22.9	58.6
1976	27.5	17.5	60.5
1977	19.5	14.1	49.0
1978	28.2	18.4	59.2
1979	38.1	26.3	44.8
1980	28.0	21.2	51.7
1981	23.5	21.1	46.0
1982	28.2	18.7	56.3
1983	35.3	7.7	54.9
1984	31.8	20.6	64.5
1985	25.7	1.3	58.0
1986	31.2	23.5	54.6
1987	36.8	9.3	59.0
1988	33.0	24.3	59.4
1989	25.2	1.2	57.0
1990	29.5	22.8	52.1
1991	23.2	3.1	37.8
1992	27.9	20.0	48.7
1993	14.8	8.4	38.0
1994	29.9	21.4	51.8
1995	32.8	4.9	40.3
1996	28.7	21.0	49.9
1997	19.1	8.8	56.0
1998	34.9	27.4	55.2
1999	46.7	4.9	57.8
2000	34.3	27.4	55.0
2001	18.2	8.1	42.0
2002	35.7	28.5	53.0
2003	32.2	6.3	52.4
2004	36.4	27.3	59.1
2005	28.3	7.5	52.0
2006	32.6	24.7	52.7
2007	34.8	9.3	53.5
2008	35.8	27.6	55.9
2009	19.9	6.0	36.0
2010	28.7	21.2	49.2
2011	33.5	1.9	48.9
2012	36.2	28.9	52.1
2013	14.1	4.2	46.0
2014	36.7	28.3	56.4

Figure 7

Figure 7: Incumbency Win and Run Rates in State Legislative Races
Year	State Senate Incumbent Re-election Percent	State Senate Incumbent Run Percent	State House Incumbent Re-election Percent	State House Incumbent Run Percent
1971	89.1	58.0	89.2	61.7
1972	92.4	66.7	92.1	71.4
1973	66.6	60.4	81.2	70.1
1974	87.2	70.0	90.2	74.5
1975	91.0	72.0	91.7	76.2
1976	89.7	73.1	95.5	79.1
1977	84.4	66.0	96.5	76.1
1978	92.9	67.2	93.6	77.2
1979	92.5	74.5	92.0	80.4
1980	90.2	76.5	94.0	82.5
1981	91.2	68.8	94.8	75.4
1982	93.0	69.5	93.0	74.8
1983	92.6	79.7	94.6	82.1
1984	92.0	80.2	95.6	85.5
1985			87.5	92.4
1986	96.6	79.0	96.8	84.3
1987	93.2	85.3	95.4	79.0
1988	96.8	80.0	96.5	87.5
1989		0.0	94.7	88.9
1990	92.5	79.3	94.6	84.1
1991	81.5	72.7	86.5	77.5
1992	92.9	70.2	94.5	72.7
1993	91.3	87.3	94.4	85.7
1994	91.9	72.6	92.8	78.0
1995	83.0	85.2	94.7	85.6
1996	95.7	69.2	96.6	80.5
1997	94.0	84.8	99.5	85.9
1998	95.8	72.3	97.4	79.2
1999	95.7	81.1	96.8	89.3
2000	95.8	71.9	97.9	77.6
2001	91.2	85.0	95.0	77.1
2002	94.4	66.7	96.2	73.4
2003	97.5	80.0	96.1	82.3
2004	96.6	72.8	97.1	81.2
2005			96.1	87.5
2006	96.4	69.7	96.8	76.8
2007	91.3	70.8	97.6	76.9
2008	97.1	69.7	97.6	78.1
2009		0.0	94.9	83.7
2010	90.9	60.1	91.5	76.3
2011	95.8	80.7	95.7	79.6
2012	96.7	66.5	95.4	71.3
2013	100.0	97.5	97.4	85.5
2014	97.2	69.4	96.0	78.1

Figure 8

Figure 8: Incumbency Win and Run Trends in State Legislative Races
Year	State Legislature Incumbent Re-election Percent	State Legislature Incumbent Run Percent
1971	89.2	59.7
1972	92.2	68.9
1973	73.9	64.8
1974	88.7	72.3
1975	91.4	74.2
1976	92.7	76.1
1977	90.6	70.7
1978	93.3	72.2
1979	92.3	77.6
1980	92.3	79.7
1981	93.3	72.5
1982	93.0	72.0
1983	93.4	80.5
1984	93.9	83.0
1985	87.5	92.4
1986	96.7	81.6
1987	94.0	83.0
1988	96.7	83.7
1989	94.7	86.4
1990	93.6	81.8
1991	83.7	74.7
1992	93.7	71.4
1993	92.8	86.5
1994	92.4	75.2
1995	89.0	85.4
1996	96.2	74.8
1997	96.7	85.3
1998	96.6	75.8
1999	96.3	85.4
2000	97.0	75.0
2001	93.6	79.8
2002	95.3	69.9
2003	96.9	80.9
2004	96.8	77.1
2005	96.1	87.5
2006	96.6	73.2
2007	93.7	73.0
2008	97.4	74.0
2009	94.9	81.5
2010	91.2	68.7
2011	95.8	80.2
2012	96.1	68.8
2013	98.8	91.6
2014	96.5	73.8

Figure 9

Figure 9: U.S. House Marginal Races
Year	U.S. House 5% Marginality	U.S. House 10% Marginality
1946	7.9	20.8
1948	14.1	26.3
1950	10.5	20.7
1952	9.3	19.0
1954	8.4	21.4
1956	9.8	20.4
1958	12.8	23.9
1960	9.7	19.6
1962	8.3	17.1
1964	13.2	25.0
1966	10.2	16.4
1968	5.8	15.0
1970	6.3	12.1
1972	5.8	12.2
1974	9.4	20.7
1976	8.1	14.7
1978	6.9	15.2
1980	8.5	15.9
1982	7.9	16.4
1984	6.4	12.6
1986	5.8	10.4
1988	3.5	7.1
1990	6.5	11.5
1992	9.5	18.5
1994	9.9	19.6
1996	9.4	18.0
1998	3.7	9.7
2000	4.4	9.7
2002	4.9	8.4
2004	2.3	4.9
2006	8.1	14.0
2008	5.6	11.1
2010	8.3	18.7
2012	6.6	14.4
2014	5.1	10.2

Figure 10

Figure 10: U.S. Senate Marginal Races
Year	U.S. Senate 5% Marginality	U.S. Senate Marginality
1940	17.1	28.6
1942	11.8	29.4
1944	28.6	40.0
1946	11.1	25.0
1948	15.2	18.2
1950	8.3	41.7
1952	28.6	57.1
1954	23.7	34.2
1956	11.4	42.9
1958	20.6	32.4
1960	17.6	29.4
1962	23.1	48.7
1964	22.9	42.9
1966	8.6	25.7
1968	17.6	41.2
1970	17.1	34.3
1972	15.2	48.5
1974	26.5	41.2
1976	12.1	30.3
1978	17.6	26.5
1980	39.4	54.5
1982	21.2	33.3
1984	18.8	18.8
1986	29.4	41.2
1988	21.2	33.3
1990	8.8	26.5
1992	17.6	38.2
1994	11.4	22.9
1996	12.1	45.5
1998	14.7	23.5
2000	23.5	29.4
2002	17.6	26.5
2004	20.6	23.5
2006	12.1	18.2
2008	11.4	25.7
2010	13.5	16.2
2012	12.1	33.3
2014	13.9	19.4

Figure 11

Figure 11: Pop. % in Marginal Presidential Elections
Year	States in Presidential Elections 5% Marginality	States in Presidential Elections 10% Marginality	Percent of National Presidential Vote Obtained by the Democratic Candidate
1932	14.0	27.3	59.2
1936	0.4	2.0	62.5
1940	42.2	56.6	55.0
1944	35.9	60.0	53.8
1948	54.8	61.3	52.4
1952	10.0	38.5	44.6
1956	7.1	14.6	42.2
1960	51.8	80.9	50.1
1964	4.2	11.1	61.3
1968	43.8	67.6	49.6
1972	0.0	7.5	38.2
1976	58.6	78.0	51.1
1980	27.4	48.1	44.7
1984	4.6	22.3	40.8
1988	38.4	50.7	46.1
1992	29.5	52.5	53.5
1996	13.1	44.4	54.7
2000	25.8	40.9	50.3
2004	20.9	38.5	48.8
2008	17.3	30.1	53.7
2012	15.6	37.4	52.0

Figure 12

Figure 12: Pop. % with Marginal Gubernatorial Election Results
Year	Gubernatorial 5% Marginality	Gubernatorial 10% Marginality
1935-1938	27.3	51.9
1939-1942	17.2	38.6
1943-1946	20.8	33.9
1947-1950	15.4	35.4
1951-1954	21.7	48.1
1955-1958	20.9	35.9
1959-1962	26.8	57.2
1963-1966	14.2	35.2
1967-1970	18.5	52.5
1971-1974	37.2	48.4
1975-1978	15.8	40.0
1979-1982	35.3	56.4
1983-1986	12.1	40.7
1987-1990	38.9	51.0
1991-1994	28.4	51.4
1995-1998	18.8	30.5
1999-2002	19.8	58.4
2003-2006	9.2	27.8
2007-2010	26.2	38.3
2011-2014	28.8	43.7

Figure 13

Figure 13: Non-Southern Pop. % with Marginal Gubernatorial Election Results
Year	Non-Southern Gubernatorial 5% Marginality	Non-Southern Gubernatorial 10% Marginality
1935-1938	35.3	67.2
1939-1942	23.2	52.1
1943-1946	27.5	44.7
1947-1950	20.6	47.4
1951-1954	29.2	64.6
1955-1958	27.1	46.5
1959-1962	35.5	67.3
1963-1966	17.0	44.8
1967-1970	24.3	54.7
1971-1974	37.6	53.5
1975-1978	13.6	44.7
1979-1982	45.3	60.9
1983-1986	15.1	29.4
1987-1990	39.0	48.5
1991-1994	23.0	39.1
1995-1998	26.7	37.3
1999-2002	21.8	61.7
2003-2006	11.1	24.2
2007-2010	22.7	40.3
2011-2014	31.2	47.4

Appendix A1

State Senate Competitiveness
Year	5% Marginality, Percentage of Elections	10% Marginality, Percentage of Elections	5% Marginality, Percentage of Populations	10% Marginality, Percentage of Populations
1968	9.5	18.3	5.4	12.0
1969	31.6	31.6	31.6	31.6
1970	11.1	21.4	10.3	20.3
1971	7.9	18.5	9.3	21.4
1972	10.4	20.7	8.8	16.9
1973	5.0	26.7	6.1	29.2
1974	10.5	20.3	10.1	17.3
1975	6.0	12.0	6.9	14.3
1976	10.7	19.8	13.0	21.8
1977	5.1	10.2	6.2	12.3
1978	8.2	15.8	6.8	13.9
1979	8.6	13.8	10.5	16.9
1980	10.9	19.4	9.8	17.4
1981	11.5	19.7	10.6	18.4
1982	9.1	17.2	8.9	17.2
1983	7.3	15.7	8.1	16.2
1984	9.4	16.0	7.4	13.5
1985
1986	6.8	14.2	7.7	12.1
1987	8.8	15.2	8.7	17.2
1988	7.6	16.4	5.2	12.3
1989	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0
1990	9.0	19.3	7.7	17.7
1991	9.4	17.0	12.5	23.8
1992	9.4	17.6	8.2	14.9
1993	12.5	17.5	12.7	17.7
1994	8.7	16.6	8.7	16.7
1995	9.1	20.5	9.6	24.0
1996	7.8	15.5	9.2	15.8
1997	2.5	17.5	2.5	17.7
1998	5.6	12.7	4.6	11.4
1999	5.3	10.6	5.2	10.3
2000	6.9	14.8	6.4	12.7
2001	10.0	15.0	10.0	15.0
2002	7.9	15.3	5.7	12.5
2003	2.9	9.9	2.4	9.5
2004	7.4	14.0	5.2	9.4
2005
2006	8.3	15.6	7.2	12.7
2007	8.2	13.5	8.3	13.2
2008	7.2	14.1	5.7	11.3
2009	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	9.0	18.2	7.6	14.6
2011	6.4	12.9	6.8	14.5
2012	7.6	16.7	5.4	12.3
2013	7.5	12.5	7.5	12.5
2014	6.0	12.7	5.0	12.0

Appendix A2

State House Competitiveness
Year	5% Marginality, Percentage of Elections	10% Marginality, Percentage of Elections	5% Marginality, Percentage of Populations	10% Marginality, Percentage of Populations
1968	9.3	18.2	8.4	15.5
1969	11.4	23.9	9.7	23.4
1970	10.4	19.8	9.4	17.6
1971	11.3	20.9	14.2	26.6
1972	11.0	20.2	9.7	17.9
1973	10.7	21.1	13.5	25.9
1974	10.2	19.1	9.1	17.6
1975	6.7	13.4	9.0	17.3
1976	8.3	16.9	6.7	14.7
1977	7.5	18.2	8.6	20.9
1978	8.6	15.8	7.1	13.9
1979	7.7	15.6	8.3	17.9
1980	8.1	15.7	6.9	13.6
1981	7.5	18.9	7.1	18.4
1982	8.0	15.9	6.8	13.7
1983	4.9	10.8	5.4	11.9
1984	7.4	14.3	5.9	11.6
1985	6.1	17.2	7.3	19.8
1986	6.8	12.9	5.6	10.5
1987	6.1	14.5	6.7	15.9
1988	7.0	13.2	5.6	10.5
1989	11.1	20.0	12.2	22.0
1990	7.9	15.5	6.3	12.5
1991	7.1	16.5	8.4	18.8
1992	9.1	17.3	7.9	14.3
1993	6.1	13.3	6.1	13.4
1994	7.8	15.2	7.2	13.3
1995	5.2	14.3	5.8	15.9
1996	7.4	14.4	6.7	12.6
1997	7.2	11.1	7.3	11.6
1998	6.1	11.9	4.8	10.3
1999	4.9	8.1	5.0	8.1
2000	6.6	13.2	4.7	10.7
2001	5.0	13.3	5.2	13.4
2002	7.2	14.6	5.4	11.0
2003	4.4	10.6	5.4	12.0
2004	7.7	14.7	5.1	10.7
2005	5.0	11.7	5.2	11.8
2006	8.5	16.0	6.3	11.9
2007	7.1	11.8	7.4	12.2
2008	7.5	14.5	6.5	12.4
2009	8.3	13.3	8.2	13.4
2010	8.1	16.2	6.3	13.0
2011	4.4	10.3	4.1	10.5
2012	8.1	16.2	6.9	13.9
2013	8.9	14.4	8.7	14.5
2014	6.5	13.1	4.9	10.2

Appendix A3

State Legislature Competitiveness
Year	5% Marginality, Percentage of Elections	10% Marginality, Percentage of Elections	5% Marginality, Percentage of Populations	10% Marginality, Percentage of Populations
1968	9.3	18.2	6.9	13.8
1969	12.7	24.4	13.6	24.8
1970	10.5	20.1	9.9	18.9
1971	10.4	20.2	11.5	23.8
1972	10.9	20.3	9.2	17.4
1973	9.7	22.1	9.5	27.7
1974	10.3	19.4	9.6	17.4
1975	6.5	13.1	8.0	15.9
1976	8.8	17.5	9.8	18.3
1977	7.1	16.8	7.3	16.4
1978	8.5	15.8	7.0	13.9
1979	7.9	15.2	9.4	17.4
1980	8.7	16.5	8.3	15.4
1981	8.2	19.1	8.6	18.4
1982	8.2	16.1	7.9	15.5
1983	5.7	12.5	7.1	14.6
1984	7.8	14.6	6.7	12.5
1985	6.1	17.2	7.3	19.8
1986	6.8	13.2	6.7	11.3
1987	6.9	14.7	7.9	16.7
1988	7.1	13.8	5.4	11.4
1989	11.5	20.3	13.2	22.8
1990	8.1	16.2	7.0	15.0
1991	7.8	16.6	10.7	21.6
1992	9.2	17.4	8.0	14.6
1993	7.3	14.1	9.5	15.7
1994	8.0	15.5	8.0	15.0
1995	6.1	15.8	7.7	19.9
1996	7.4	14.6	8.0	14.2
1997	6.4	12.3	4.8	14.8
1998	6.0	12.0	4.7	10.9
1999	5.0	8.7	5.1	9.2
2000	6.7	13.5	5.5	11.6
2001	5.9	13.6	6.9	14.0
2002	7.4	14.8	5.5	11.8
2003	4.0	10.4	3.6	10.5
2004	7.7	14.6	5.1	10.1
2005	5.0	11.7	5.2	11.8
2006	8.5	15.9	6.7	12.3
2007	7.4	12.3	8.0	12.8
2008	7.4	14.4	6.1	11.8
2009	8.2	13.2	8.0	13.1
2010	8.2	16.5	6.9	13.8
2011	5.0	11.1	5.6	12.7
2012	8.0	16.3	6.1	13.1
2013	8.6	14.1	8.1	13.5
2014	6.4	13.1	4.9	11.1

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