Table 1.

Submission and Acceptance Rates by Year

		Accepted
Year	New Submissions (No.)	%	No.
1986	171	34	19
1987	180	61	33
1988	184	66	35
1989	160	56	35
1990	202	69	34
1991	194	72	37
1992	176	57	32
1993	220	79	35
1994	156	64	41
1995	137	49	35
1996	172	56	32
1997	189	15	7
1998	180	63	35
1999	198	53	26
2000	177	67	37
2001	173	42	24
2002	179	74	41
2003	216	54	25
2004	209	59	28
2005	(250)a
Mean	182.8	57.3	31.1
Median	180	59	34

^aEstimate based on number of new submissions in 2005 as of mid-November