Table 6.  Number of Animals Used by Research From the First Reporting Year (FY 1973) to the Present
Year	Number
1973	42,298
1974	51,253
1975	36,202
1976	50,115
1977	53,116
1978	57,009
1979	59,359
1980	56,024
1981	57,515
1982	46,388
1983	54,926
1984	55,338
1985	57,271
1986	48,540
1987	61,392
1988	51,641
1989	51,688
1990	47,177
1991	42,620
1992	55,105
1993	49,561
1994	55,113
1995	50,206
1996	52,327
1997	56,381
1998	57,377
1999	54,927
2000	57,518
2001	49,382