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Natality Table A1.  Demographic Summary Indicators for Residents, 1997 - 2006
  Percent of Births1 where Mother is…    
  A Teenager (<20) Unmarried Not a High School Graduate A Woman of Color2
1997 11.0 27.2 18.1 25.5
1998 10.9 27.9 18.1 26.1
1999 10.8 28.0 17.8 27.7
2000 10.2 28.3 17.4 29.5
2001 9.6 28.7 17.3 30.6
2002 9.0 28.8 17.0 31.8
2003 8.5 28.7 19.4 32.2
2004 8.4 30.2 19.3 33.3
2005 8.3 30.8 19.2 33.9
2006 8.3 31.7 18.7 34.5
         
1 Unknowns have been subtracted from total births in calculating percentages
2 Includes all but White Non-Hispanic births.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2007.

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