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Table 21.  Age-Specific Abortion Rates1 by County of Residence, 2006
County All
Ages		 15-19 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44
State Total2 18.7 19.9 12.2 31.6 36.6 27.2 15.7 10.0 3.1
Adams 8.4 8.3 * 19.4 18.7 * * * *
Asotin 12.0 11.3 * 24.6 30.0 20.5 * * *
Benton 12.9 14.8 9.2 25.0 27.8 19.6 10.5 4.2 2.2
Chelan 11.6 16.6 10.5 27.3 23.8 12.1 8.6 4.9 3.6
Clallam 14.0 18.5 12.4 29.6 35.1 16.3 13.0 8.6 *
Clark 15.4 16.3 10.5 26.4 30.1 24.2 13.6 8.1 2.2
Columbia 12.3 * * * * * * * *
Cowlitz 14.7 22.8 18.7 30.0 29.9 17.0 8.1 8.8 2.1
Douglas 10.2 13.0 12.2 14.6 23.3 10.1 7.4 7.4 *
Ferry 5.5 * * * * * * * *
Franklin 15.2 14.1 8.8 23.2 25.5 23.6 14.3 5.2 4.4
Garfield * * * * * * * * *
Grant 9.3 11.3 8.1 17.1 17.6 12.7 7.2 3.8 *
Grays Harbor 14.3 15.2 7.3 29.2 31.1 21.0 13.0 6.5 *
Island 13.4 15.6 5.9 33.0 36.2 15.8 7.9 4.3 1.9
Jefferson 13.2 13.2 * 29.5 53.2 11.2 11.1 8.3 *
King 21.9 23.0 14.0 36.0 41.3 30.0 19.3 13.5 4.2
Kitsap 16.8 17.0 9.7 30.6 39.5 27.5 13.9 5.9 2.2
Kittitas 12.0 12.2 * 16.0 13.7 21.9 11.8 7.0 *
Klickitat 10.0 11.8 * * 27.5 12.5 * 8.2 *
Lewis 13.3 10.1 6.9 15.9 27.1 21.0 16.0 8.6 *
Lincoln 5.6 * * * * * * * *
Mason 17.1 17.7 10.2 32.9 38.6 25.6 21.2 6.9 2.7
Okanogan 10.9 13.9 12.0 17.8 25.4 13.0 11.4 5.2 *
Pacific 15.4 20.9 14.4 34.3 43.4 29.1 * * *
Pend Oreille 10.4 * * * 40.8 25.9 * * *
Pierce 23.3 25.6 14.9 42.2 47.4 35.9 17.9 11.0 3.3
San Juan 16.2 * * * 43.9 36.3 * 18.7 *
Skagit 16.5 20.7 13.6 32.8 36.1 20.8 11.3 8.5 2.0
Skamania 7.5 * * * 26.3 * * * *
Snohomish 19.4 21.8 13.2 36.6 42.7 28.8 14.4 10.7 3.8
Spokane 16.5 17.5 10.8 26.3 32.3 23.2 14.6 7.6 1.9
Stevens 9.1 9.0 5.9 17.0 19.6 17.2 8.9 4.8 *
Thurston 20.3 20.8 10.5 37.6 44.2 28.6 15.1 10.5 3.7
Wahkiakum * * * * * * * * *
Walla Walla 14.4 15.5 11.1 19.9 21.2 20.4 14.4 8.8 *
Whatcom 16.1 18.8 13.5 23.7 21.9 23.9 14.4 8.1 4.2
Whitman 9.9 7.2 * 8.6 14.4 10.0 8.7 5.1 *
Yakima 17.0 21.6 15.4 32.4 32.8 23.4 11.4 5.1 2.5
1 The general abortion rate shown under "All Ages" equals abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44).  Age-Specific rate equal the number of abortions to women in a specific age group per 1,000 women in the age group.
2 Total abortions includes    10 abortions 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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