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Table 4.  Induced Abortion Rates1 by County of Residence, Washington State, 2000 - 2006
County 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
State Total 20.2 20.0 19.6 19.3 18.9 18.5 18.7
Adams 11.0 10.6 9.5 10.5 10.5 9.5 8.4
Asotin 10.4 11.3 10.5 13.9 11.8 10.8 12.0
Benton 14.8 14.2 14.8 16.0 13.7 14.5 12.9
Chelan 10.7 14.4 12.1 11.7 14.1 11.7 11.6
Clallam 16.0 16.6 15.7 15.8 14.0 16.5 14.0
Clark 16.7 18.4 17.0 16.2 15.4 15.6 15.4
Columbia 8.6 11.5 13.2 8.9 * * 12.3
Cowlitz 15.0 16.3 14.6 14.6 12.6 12.5 14.7
Douglas 9.0 9.7 6.6 9.0 9.3 8.8 10.2
Ferry 9.1 9.2 12.4 11.0 5.6 7.2 5.5
Franklin 15.6 13.2 15.9 20.3 15.5 15.3 15.2
Garfield * * * * * * *
Grant 9.6 11.3 11.0 10.7 10.0 8.2 9.3
Grays Harbor 18.5 17.2 17.3 19.0 18.5 16.3 14.3
Island 17.0 15.6 16.2 15.2 15.0 14.3 13.4
Jefferson 21.3 19.0 17.7 17.4 14.2 14.6 13.2
King 24.8 23.7 23.2 23.2 22.4 21.5 21.9
Kitsap 17.3 19.4 19.0 17.5 17.6 16.7 16.8
Kittitas 15.3 16.8 13.4 13.1 15.4 11.2 12.0
Klickitat 10.7 12.5 7.8 10.2 6.5 6.5 10.0
Lewis 14.8 16.9 16.9 16.2 15.7 17.7 13.3
Lincoln 10.4 7.0 9.5 7.9 8.5 6.2 5.6
Mason 19.5 17.2 21.8 19.2 19.5 17.9 17.1
Okanagan 13.5 12.5 14.5 13.8 12.9 11.5 10.9
Pacific 15.7 12.8 14.6 13.3 16.3 14.4 15.4
Pend Oreille 13.9 13.0 13.7 9.9 4.0 7.4 10.4
Pierce 24.7 24.8 24.1 23.3 22.8 22.9 23.3
San Juan 22.8 12.5 14.9 15.4 20.5 17.1 16.2
Skagit 16.0 13.3 11.4 15.3 15.6 17.9 16.5
Skamania 10.1 8.1 5.2 8.4 6.2 7.2 7.5
Snohomish 19.7 20.5 19.8 18.8 19.6 19.0 19.4
Spokane 16.0 17.5 17.2 15.2 16.2 15.4 16.5
Stevens 6.8 8.7 10.1 8.2 9.1 9.8 9.1
Thurston 21.3 20.4 21.3 20.9 19.1 19.3 20.3
Wahkiakum 14.7 * * * * 8.6 *
Walla Walla 11.5 10.4 11.1 8.8 12.3 9.5 14.4
Whatcom 17.0 13.0 10.8 15.9 14.6 15.4 16.1
Whitman 10.8 11.1 12.2 9.9 13.6 9.0 9.9
Yakima 16.6 17.1 18.0 18.1 16.6 18.3 17.0
1 Total number of induced abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44). 
* Rate not calculated because number of abortions was less than 5.
Population Data:  See Appendix A: Technical Appendix, Sources of Data: Population.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2007.
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