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Table 15.  Birth and Abortion Indicators1 by County of Residence, 2006
  Women Live   Abortion Abortion Fertility
County 15-44 Births Abortions Ratio Rate Rate
State Total2 1,325,991 86,845 24,790 285 18.7 65.5
Adams 3,321 386 28 73 8.4 116.2
Asotin 4,001 245 48 196 12.0 61.2
Benton 32,305 2,339 417 178 12.9 72.4
Chelan 13,134 982 152 155 11.6 74.8
Clallam 10,330 647 145 224 14.0 62.6
Clark 83,670 5,789 1,290 223 15.4 69.2
Columbia 652 45 8 178 12.3 69.0
Cowlitz 18,262 1,325 269 203 14.7 72.6
Douglas 6,887 543 70 129 10.2 78.8
Ferry 1,263 62 7 113 5.5 49.1
Franklin 12,886 1,535 196 128 15.2 119.1
Garfield 374 16 0 * * 42.8
Grant 15,528 1,549 145 94 9.3 99.8
Grays Harbor 12,686 884 181 205 14.3 69.7
Island 14,163 933 190 204 13.4 65.9
Jefferson 3,937 221 52 235 13.2 56.1
King 405,492 24,244 8,862 366 21.9 59.8
Kitsap 47,565 3,040 800 263 16.8 63.9
Kittitas 8,989 375 108 288 12.0 41.7
Klickitat 3,410 212 34 160 10.0 62.2
Lewis 13,016 939 173 184 13.3 72.1
Lincoln 1,603 114 9 79 5.6 71.1
Mason 8,735 632 149 236 17.1 72.4
Okanogan 7,053 594 77 130 10.9 84.2
Pacific 3,053 196 47 240 15.4 64.2
Pend Oreille 2,022 142 21 148 10.4 70.2
Pierce 165,132 11,139 3,852 346 23.3 67.5
San Juan 2,163 85 35 412 16.2 39.3
Skagit 21,290 1,500 352 235 16.5 70.5
Skamania 1,988 110 15 136 7.5 55.3
Snohomish 143,278 9,070 2,776 306 19.4 63.3
Spokane 92,091 5,986 1,517 253 16.5 65.0
Stevens 7,356 485 67 138 9.1 65.9
Thurston 47,685 2,771 966 349 20.3 58.1
Wahkiakum 573 25 4 * * 43.6
Walla Walla 11,279 705 162 230 14.4 62.5
Whatcom 40,630 2,209 654 296 16.1 54.4
Whitman 12,246 413 121 293 9.9 33.7
Yakima 45,944 4,358 781 179 17.0 94.9
1 The abortion ratio equals total abortions per 1,000 live births; the general abortion rate equals total abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44); and the general fertility rate equals total live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age.
2 Total abortions includes    10 for which county of residence was unknown.
* Rate not calculated because number of events 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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