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Table 4.  Induced Abortions of Residents by Woman's Age and Weeks of Gestation, 2006
Weeks of Gestation1  
        Under 9          9-12           13-15           16-19         20 +       Unknown   
Age Total # % # % # % # % # % # %
State Total 24,790 15,163 61.2 6,535 26.4 1,426 5.8 1,060 4.3 548 2.2 58 0.2
Under 15 86 37 43.0 36 41.9 4 * 5 5.8 4 * 0 *
15-19 4,450 2,388 53.7 1,352 30.4 335 7.5 243 5.5 126 2.8 6 0.1
15-17 1,654 811 49.0 537 32.5 150 9.1 97 5.9 58 3.5 1 *
18-19 2,796 1,577 56.4 815 29.1 185 6.6 146 5.2 68 2.4 5 0.2
20-24 8,214 4,912 59.8 2,289 27.9 468 5.7 347 4.2 176 2.1 22 0.3
25-29 5,720 3,685 64.4 1,394 24.4 324 5.7 201 3.5 105 1.8 11 0.2
30-34 3,191 2,052 64.3 773 24.2 170 5.3 117 3.7 67 2.1 12 0.4
35-39 2,258 1,482 65.6 523 23.2 92 4.1 108 4.8 47 2.1 6 0.3
40-44 752 524 69.7 148 19.7 28 3.7 33 4.4 18 2.4 1 *
45 and Over 92 62 67.4 16 17.4 3 * 6 6.5 5 5.4 0 *
Unknown 27 21 77.8 4 * 2 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
1 Percents are row-wise percentages which show the proportion of abortions terminated at each gestational age.
* Percent not calculated because number of events was less than 5.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2007.
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