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Table 2 First entry of miners^a into TEBA database, and total employment by 5-year period, 1973–2013

From: Public health implications of changing patterns of recruitment into the South African mining industry, 1973–2012: a database analysis

Year of first entry	New entry^a		Active in Period^{b, c}
	n	%	n	%
pre 1973	104,684	6.37	104,684	6.37
1973–1977	79,282	4.82	173,260	10.54
1978–1982	120,827	7.35	292,772	17.81
1983–1987	542,609	33.00	840,736	51.13
1988–1992	210,898	12.83	873,531	53.13
1993–1997	129,055	7.85	783,842	47.67
1998–2002	92,391	5.62	500,252	30.42
2003–2007	178,054	10.83	524,646	31.91
2008–2012	167,708	10.20	569,813	34.65
2013^d	18,756	1.14	177,629	10.80
TOTAL	1,644,264	100.00	–	–

^aIndividual miners counted only once
^bAn individual miner cannot be counted more than once in a given period, but may be counted in more than one period
^cNumber and proportion of total number of miners who worked over the period 1973–2012 who were employed in that 5-year period
^dUntil 28 October, 2013

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