Level of Postal and Telecommunications Services
Item	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
National level
Annual Average Number of Letters Mailed per Capita	6.62	5.56	5.27	4.90	6.2	6.9
Annual Average Number of Newspaper
and Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons	17.60	17.69	18.42	20.00	16.4	17.2
Number of Telephone Sets Owned per 100 Persons	6.33	8.11	10.53	13.00	20.1	25.9
Rural Level
Percentage of Townships with
Post and Telecommunications Offices	78.2	78.7	77.6	79.4	79.0	77.6
Percentage of Townships with Telephone Communication	95.7	89.2	92.9	97.7	100.0	100.0
Percentage of Townships with Connected
Autoexchange Net of Long Distance Call	71.2	81.7	87.5		100.0	100.0