| Table A8-4 Shares of First Class Mail Sent by type Years 2000 - 2009 (Diary Data) |
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| Uses data from Table A8-3 | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||
| Correspondence | ||||||||||||
| Personal | 30% | 30% | 29% | 30% | 29% | 28% | 31% | 28% | 27% | 29% | ||
| Greeting Cards | 17% | 19% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 19% | ||
| Letter to Friend or Relative | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Other Personal | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Business/Government | 9% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | ||
| Social | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Total | 42% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 39% | ||
| Transactions | ||||||||||||
| Bill Payment | 50% | 47% | 48% | 49% | 50% | 51% | 49% | 49% | 47% | 47% | ||
| Orders | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | ||
| Donations | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Total | 56% | 53% | 53% | 55% | 56% | 57% | 55% | 54% | 53% | 52% | ||
| CD/DVD/Video Games 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3% | 4% | 5% | ||
| DK/RF | 2% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Total First-Class Sent | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. | ||||||||||||
| 1 CD/DVD/Video Games not collected as a separate category prior to 2007. | ||||||||||||