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Mortality Table F1.  Selected Causes for Infants (< 1 Year) Residents, 1997-2006
  Total All Causes Perinatal Conditions Congenital Malformations SIDS External Causes
Year Number Rate1 Number Rate1 Number Rate1 Number Rate1 Number Rate1
1997 440 5.6 156 2.0 117 1.5 84 1.1 18 0.2
1998 452 5.7 175 2.2 120 1.5 91 1.1 13 0.2
***1998 Comparability Modified***                
  452 5.7 188 2.4 111 1.4 96 1.2 13 0.2
1999 401 5.0 172 2.2 102 1.3 69 0.9 13 0.2
2000 423 5.2 172 2.1 92 1.1 76 0.9 27 0.3
2001 461 5.8 200 2.5 119 1.5 60 0.8 32 0.4
2002 452 5.7 200 2.5 105 1.3 70 0.9 24 0.3
2003 447 5.6 200 2.5 116 1.4 48 0.6 20 0.2
2004 451 5.5 189 2.3 120 1.5 53 0.6 29 0.4
2005 420 5.1 170 2.1 113 1.4 42 0.5 27 0.3
2006 406 4.7 185 2.1 89 1.0 50 0.6 28 0.3
1Rate per 1,000 live births.  
Note:  
Causes of death were coded with ICD-9 in 1990-1998 and with ICD-10 started in 1998.  Rates during 1998
have been multiplied by a comparability ratio (CR).  ICD codes and comparability ratios are:
    Perinatal Conditions:  ICD-9:  760-771.2,771.4-779;  ICD-10:  P00-P96;  CR=1.0732
    Congenital Mallformations:  ICD-9:  740-759;  ICD-10:  Q00-Q99;  CR=0.9280
    SIDS:  ICD-9:  798.0;  ICD-10:  R95;  CR=1.0570
    External Causes:  ICD-9:  E800-E999;  ICD-10:  V01-Y89;  CR=0.9981
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 01/2008.
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