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National Drug Control Strategy
TODAY'S ACTION
Today, ONDCP Director John Walters will unveil the President's new
National Drug Control Strategy for 2003 focusing on three core priorities:
stopping drug use before it starts, healing America's drug users and
disrupting the market.
- The 2003 strategy reports progress toward meeting the President's
goals of reducing drug use by 10 percent over two years, and 25
percent over five years, highlighted by reductions in drug use among
young people for the first time in nearly a decade.
- The 2003 strategy also highlights a new treatment initiative funded
with $600 million over three years to help addicted Americans find
needed treatment and support services from the most effective programs,
including faith-based and community-based organizations.
Key Points on the National Drug Control Strategy
The strategy proposes a fiscal year 2004 budget of $11.7 billion
for drug control serving three core priorities:
Stopping Drug Use Before It Starts:
Continuing the initial reductions in drug use by young people will
require action by all Americans through education and community involvement.
In homes, schools, places of worship, the workplace, and civic and
social organizations, Americans must set standards that reaffirm the
values of responsibility and good citizenship while dismissing the
image that drug use is consistent with individual freedom. America's
children must learn from an early age that avoiding drug use is an
expectation and lifelong responsibility.
- The strategy ties national leadership with community-level action
to help recreate the formula that has helped America succeed against
drugs in the past. The President's budget backs up this goal with
a $10 million increase in funding for the expanded Drug-Free Communities
Support Program, along with providing $5 million for a new Parents
Drug Corps.
- In fiscal year, 2004, the strategy proposes that tools such as
student drug testing be available in communities where parents and
educators deem them appropriate, and funds them with $8 million.
Healing America's Drug Users: Despite substantial drug prevention
efforts, some 16 million Americans still use drugs on a monthly basis,
and roughly six million meet the clinical criteria for needing drug
treatment. Yet the overwhelming majority of users in need of drug
treatment fail to recognize their need. The second core priority of
the strategy emphasizes the crucial need for family, friends, and
former addicts to intercede with and support those fighting to overcome
substance abuse. Drug users also need the support of institutions
and the people who run them� employers, law enforcement agencies,
faith-based and community-based organizations, and health care providers,
among others�to help them recognize their drug addiction and to seek
treatment.
- Overall, for 2004, the Administration proposes $3.6 billion for
drug treatment, an increase of 8.2 percent over 2003.
- The 2004 request includes new funding of $200 million ($600 million
over three years) for a new treatment initiative to provide drug
treatment to individuals otherwise unable to obtain access to services.
People in need of treatment, no matter where they are�emergency
rooms, health clinics, the criminal justice system, schools�will
receive an evidence-based assessment of their treatment need and
will be issued vouchers to obtain help at effective treatment organizations,
including faith-based and community-based organizations.
Disrupting the Market: The third priority of the strategy
seeks to capitalize on the engagement of producer and transit countries
like Colombia and Mexico in order to address the drug trade as a business�one
that faces numerous and often overlooked obstacles that may be used
as pressure points. The drug trade is not an unstoppable force of
nature but rather a profit-making enterprise where costs and rewards
exist in an equilibrium that can be disrupted. Every action that makes
the drug trade more costly and less profitable is a step toward �breaking�
the market. Drug traffickers are in business to make money. We intend
to deny them that revenue.
- To help secure America�s borders, the President�s budget includes
$2.1 billion for drug interdiction, an increase of 7.3 percent from
2003. Internationally, the Administration will continue to target
the supply of illegal drugs in the source countries.
- The Administration is requesting $731 million in dedicated funds
in 2004 for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative to be applied in Bolivia,
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
- To ensure unity of effort, the strategy advocates the use of
a single list (the Consolidated Priority Organization Targeting
list) identifying high-level targets among the various agencies
involved in domestic drug law enforcement.
Progress Toward The President�s Two- and Five-Year Goals:
Only the first year of the two-year goal period has elapsed, yet already
the goal of reducing current drug use by 10 percent among 8th, 10th,
and 12th graders, as measured by the Monitoring the Future
survey, is well on the way to being met (with reductions of 11.1,
8.4, and 1.2 percent respectively). Adjustments to the measuring baseline
for the goals have been prompted by discontinuities in the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). As a result, the goal of reducing
drug use among adults will still be measured by the NHSDA, but the
baseline has been reset to the 2002 survey, which is not released
until midyear 2003.
National
Drug Control Budget Summary
Drug Control Funding: Agency Summary FY 2002–FY 2004
(Budget
Authority in Millions)
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FY
2002
Final
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FY
2003
Request
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FY
2004
Request
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$852.6
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$871.9
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$817.4
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Department
of Education
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669.3
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634.3
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584.3
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Dept.
of Health & Human Services
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National
Institute on Drug Abuse
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885.2
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960.0
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995.6
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Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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2,304.4
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2,372.6
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2,575.3
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Total,
HHS
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3,189.6
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3,332.6
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3,570.9
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Department
of Homeland Security
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Border
and Transportation Security2
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1,183.6
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1,271.8
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1,372.9
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U.S.
Coast Guard
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609.7
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596.1
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669.1
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Total,
DHS
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1,793.3
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1,867.9
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2,041.9
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Department
of Justice
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39.4
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43.5
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45.2
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Bureau
of Prisons
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39.4
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43.5
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45.2
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Drug
Enforcement Administration
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1,562.5
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1,659.6
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1,677.3
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Interagency
Crime and Drug Enforcement3
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446.5
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470.3
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541.8
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Office
of Justice Programs
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893.2
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286.7
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301.5
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Total,
DOJ
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2,941.5
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2,460.1
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2,565.8
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ONDCP
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Operations
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25.2
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25.5
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27.3
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High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program
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221.3
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206.4
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206.4
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Counterdrug
Technology Assessment Center
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42.3
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40.0
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40.0
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Other
Federal Drug Control Programs
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239.3
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251.3
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250.0
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Total,
ONDCP
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528.1
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523.1
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523.6
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Department
of State
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Bureau
of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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871.9
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877.5
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876.9
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Department
of Veterans Affairs
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Veterans
Health Administration
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635.7
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663.7
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690.5
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Other
Presidential Initiatives4
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3.0
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8.0
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8.0
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Total,
Federal Drug Budget
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$11,485.0
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$11,239.0
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$11,679.3
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1
The
FY 2003 funding level for the Department of Defense reflects enacted
appropriations.
2
Drug
Control components displayed include the U.S. Customs Service and
the Border Patrol.
3
The FY 2004 Budget proposes the merger of the Treasury ICDE
account into Justice’s ICDE account. This merger is reflected
retrospectively.
4
This includes $5 million for the Corporation for National
Service’s Parents Drug Corps beginning in FY 2003 and $3 million
for SBA’s Drug-Free Workplace programs for all three fiscal
years.
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Federal Drug Control Spending By Function
FY 2002–FY 2004 (Budget Authority in Millions)
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FY
2002
Final |
FY
2003
Request |
FY
2004
Request |
FY 03–FY 04
Change |
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Function:
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Treatment (w/ Research)
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$3,151.9
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$3,282.2
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$3,552.9
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270.6
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8.2%
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Percent
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27.4%
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29.2%
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30.4%
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Prevention (w/ Research)
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2,064.5
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1,954.9
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1,908.1
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(46.7)
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(2.4%)
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Percent
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18.0%
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17.4%
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16.3%
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Domestic Law Enforcement
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3,270.3
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2,937.9
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3,036.1
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98.3
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3.3%
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Percent
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28.5%
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26.1%
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26.0%
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Interdiction
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1,913.7
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1,960.9
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2,103.3
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142.3
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7.3%
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Percent
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16.7%
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17.4%
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18.0%
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International
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1,084.5
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1,103.1
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1,078.9
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(24.2)
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(2.2%)
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Percent
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9.4%
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9.8%
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9.2%
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Total
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$11,485.0
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$11,239.0
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$11,679.3 |
$440.3
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3.9%
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Supply / Demand Split:
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Supply
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$6,268.6
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$6,001.9
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$6,218.3
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$216.4
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3.6%
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Percent
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54.6%
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53.4%
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53.2%
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Demand
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5,216.4
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5,237.1
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5,461.0
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223.9
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4.3%
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Percent
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45.4%
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46.6%
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46.8%
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Total
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$11,485.0
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$11,239.0
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$11,679.3
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$440.3
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3.9%
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(Detail may not add to totals due to rounding) |
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Last Updated: June 02, 2003
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