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Month
	Marginally attached
	DiscouragedApr 2004
	1,586
	488May 2004
	1,607
	505June 2004
	1,500
	475July 2004
	1,548
	475Aug 2004
	1,568
	541Sept 2004
	1,585
	441Oct 2004
	1,657
	442Nov 2004
	1,572
	397Dec 2004
	1,500
	440Jan 2005
	1,642
	491Feb 2005
	1,591
	473Mar 2005
	1,597
	470Apr 2005
	1,573
	389May 2005
	1,498
	417June 2005
	1,580
	473July 2005
	1,503
	471Aug 2005
	1,560
	389Sept 2005
	1,469
	387Oct 2005
	1,421
	404Nov 2005
	1,464
	408Dec 2005
	1,627
	448Jan 2006
	1,494
	377Feb 2006
	1,405
	377Mar 2006
	1,486
	443Apr 2006
	1,364
	378May 2006
	1,457
	344June 2006
	1,571
	477July 2006
	1,504
	404Aug 2006
	1,570
	454Sept 2006
	1,332
	347Oct 2006
	1,483
	340Nov 2006
	1,409
	352Dec 2006
	1,281
	273Jan 2007
	1,434
	421Feb 2007
	1,389
	366Mar 2007
	1,412
	375Apr 2007
	1,447
	395May 2007
	1,476
	393June 2007
	1,438
	398July 2007
	1,356
	346Aug 2007
	1,350
	398Sept 2007
	1,300
	295Oct 2007
	1,366
	329Nov 2007
	1,402
	351Dec 2007
	1,371
	361Jan 2008
	1,574
	444Feb 2008
	1,520
	386Mar 2008
	1,387
	396Apr 2008
	1,469
	408May 2008
	1,491
	428June 2008
	1,541
	417July 2008
	1,547
	435Aug 2008
	1,629
	386Sept 2008
	1,636
	499Oct 2008
	1,636
	496Nov 2008
	1,995
	610Dec 2008
	1,932
	636Jan 2009
	1,949
	700Feb 2009
	1,972
	712Mar 2009
	2,172
	679Apr 2009
	2,169
	732May 2009
	2,338
	850June 2009
	2,154
	789July 2009
	2,237
	751Aug 2009
	2,265
	769Sept 2009
	2,254
	753Oct 2009
	2,370
	827Nov 2009
	2,370
	861Dec 2009
	2,494
	918Jan 2010
	2,331
	1,016Feb 2010
	2,433
	1,175Mar 2010
	2,336
	987Apr 2010
	2,524
	1,186May 2010
	2,365
	1,165June 2010
	2,567
	1,202July 2010
	2,563
	1,117Aug 2010
	2,376
	1,125Sept 2010
	2,576
	1,287Oct 2010
	2,599
	1,243Nov 2010
	2,573
	1,279Dec 2010
	2,598
	1,301Jan 2011
	2,576
	950Feb 2011
	2,630
	996Mar 2011
	2,529
	917Apr 2011
	2,562
	980May 2011
	2,357
	887June 2011
	2,661
	979July 2011
	2,719
	1,054Aug 2011
	2,588
	989Sept 2011
	2,528
	1,102Oct 2011
	2,554
	984Nov 2011
	2,627
	1,091Dec 2011
	2,512
	932Jan 2012
	2,589
	1,014Feb 2012
	2,517
	983Mar 2012
	2,447
	863Apr 2012
	2,456
	959May 2012
	2,590
	898June 2012
	2,473
	820July 2012
	2,471
	802Aug 2012
	2,580
	854Sept 2012
	2,523
	851Oct 2012
	2,436
	825Nov 2012
	2,537
	973Dec 2012
	2,569
	1,053Jan 2013
	2,254
	771Feb 2013
	2,504
	866Mar 2013
	2,418
	802Apr 2013
	2,438
	828May 2013
	2,313
	846June 2013
	2,584
	1,027July 2013
	2,363
	929Aug 2013
	2,368
	875Sept 2013
	2,296
	904Oct 2013
	2,287
	825Nov 2013
	2,121
	757Dec 2013
	2,375
	904Jan 2014
	2,390
	803Feb 2014
	2,233
	740Mar 2014
	2,252
	698Apr 2014
	2,243
	776May 2014
	2,275
	757June 2014
	2,042
	677July 2014
	2,133
	696Aug 2014
	2,174
	783Sept 2014
	2,210
	740Oct 2014
	2,195
	777Nov 2014
	2,126
	693Dec 2014
	2,208
	730Jan 2015
	2,063
	666Feb 2015
	2,104
	724Mar 2015
	2,139
	755Apr 2015
	2,196
	744May 2015
	1,981
	636June 2015
	1,913
	658July 2015
	1,879
	629Aug 2015
	1,822
	611Sept 2015
	1,913
	665Oct 2015
	1,931
	652Nov 2015
	1,731
	580Dec 2015
	1,804
	660Jan 2016
	1,934
	606Feb 2016
	1,744
	580Mar 2016
	1,788
	605Apr 2016
	1,792
	557May 2016
	1,827
	596June 2016
	1,766
	504July 2016
	1,901
	554Aug 2016
	1,716
	578Sept 2016
	1,844
	582Oct 2016
	1,720
	482Nov 2016
	1,948
	574Dec 2016
	1,660
	423Jan 2017
	1,622
	513Feb 2017
	1,673
	510Mar 2017
	1,656
	485Apr 2017
	1,607
	444May 2017
	1,552
	408June 2017
	1,569
	507July 2017
	1,583
	496Aug 2017
	1,562
	457Sept 2017
	1,572
	454Oct 2017
	1,564
	515Nov 2017
	1,490
	450Dec 2017
	1,596
	470Jan 2018
	1,540
	434Feb 2018
	1,568
	366Mar 2018
	1,531
	481Apr 2018
	1,420
	394May 2018
	1,528
	428June 2018
	1,419
	352July 2018
	1,448
	470Aug 2018
	1,456
	448Sept 2018
	1,565
	409Oct 2018
	1,517
	499Nov 2018
	1,675
	431Dec 2018
	1,542
	370Jan 2019
	1,522
	418Feb 2019
	1,412
	428Mar 2019
	1,469
	447Apr 2019
	1,482
	436May 2019
	1,447
	375June 2019
	1,528
	415July 2019
	1,438
	325Aug 2019
	1,578
	479Sept 2019
	1,260
	347Oct 2019
	1,244
	333Nov 2019
	1,229
	301Dec 2019
	1,236
	276Jan 2020
	1,387
	343Feb 2020
	1,487
	424Mar 2020
	1,508
	552Apr 2020
	2,307
	566May 2020
	2,364
	632June 2020
	2,406
	671July 2020
	1,966
	657Aug 2020
	2,106
	567Sept 2020
	1,862
	580Oct 2020
	1,950
	587Nov 2020
	2,034
	648Dec 2020
	2,179
	659Jan 2021
	1,950
	632Feb 2021
	1,936
	533Mar 2021
	1,963
	530Apr 2021
	1,831
	553May 2021
	1,924
	582June 2021
	1,795
	619July 2021
	1,859
	496Aug 2021
	1,579
	386Sept 2021
	1,676
	432Oct 2021
	1,663
	452Nov 2021
	1,563
	443Dec 2021
	1,661
	464Jan 2022
	1,546
	417Feb 2022
	1,494
	398Mar 2022
	1,421
	373Apr 2022
	1,621
	457May 2022
	1,453
	408June 2022
	1,490
	376July 2022
	1,558
	429Aug 2022
	1,431
	357Sept 2022
	1,564
	484Oct 2022
	1,493
	365Nov 2022
	1,467
	401Dec 2022
	1,256
	417Jan 2023
	1,369
	345Feb 2023
	1,419
	367Mar 2023
	1,326
	347Apr 2023
	1,503
	366May 2023
	1,512
	425June 2023
	1,432
	311July 2023
	1,417
	338Aug 2023
	1,519
	384Sept 2023
	1,442
	372Oct 2023
	1,416
	419Nov 2023
	1,583
	425Dec 2023
	1,562
	346Jan 2024
	1,654
	452Feb 2024
	1,558
	425Mar 2024
	1,595
	337Apr 2024
	1,565
	362
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