Table:
workers
percent change in number of workers
proportion of workers aged 55 and over

1996
2016
1996 to 2016
1996
2016

number
percent

occupation

industrial sewing machine operators
60,900
16,200
-73
11.7
41.6

service station attendants
41,300
16,800
-59
3.2
14.0

data entry clerks
82,000
34,000
-59
6.2
20.9

banking, insurance and other financial clerks
54,200
23,600
-56
5.8
20.0

supervisors, general office and administrative support workers
27,300
12,700
-54
9.4
21.9

accounting and related clerks
251,400
140,900
-44
9.9
26.7

electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
24,400
14,300
-42
6.5
29.0

labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
35,300
21,200
-40
6.0
21.8

mechanical assemblers and inspectors
17,300
10,500
-40
8.4
23.0

couriers, messengers and door-to-door distributors
43,400
26,700
-38
7.9
30.1

sales and account representatives - wholesale trade
173,400
108,800
-37
12.3
25.9

nursery and greenhouse workers
23,500
14,800
-37
11.1
26.1

advertising, marketing and public relations managers
103,400
66,300
-36
10.8
12.4

survey interviewers and statistical clerks
25,700
17,100
-34
13.0
35.2

home child care providers
129,200
85,800
-34
9.7
20.3

managers in agriculture
226,900
152,300
-33
40.4
51.7

purchasing and inventory control workers
41,700
28,100
-33
7.2
21.5

fishermen/women
21,300
15,000
-30
13.2
31.5

supervisors, finance and insurance office workers
26,100
18,500
-29
6.6
22.6

labourers in metal fabrication
18,400
13,300
-28
7.7
21.2

mail, postal and related workers
39,000
28,100
-28
11.7
32.9

machining tool operators
14,500
10,600
-27
9.1
24.3

tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners
21,600
16,200
-25
22.4
47.9

customer services representatives - financial institutions
95,100
73,200
-23
3.8
16.2

butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale
24,400
18,800
-23
10.4
26.4

Statement: the number of industrial sewing machine operators decreased 73% from 1996 to 2016.
Question: by what percentage did the number of industrial sewing machine operators decrease from 1996 to 2016?
Answer: [73]