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Table 4.  Induced Abortion Rates1 by County of Residence, Washington State, 2001 - 2007
County 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
State Total 20.0 19.6 19.3 18.9 18.5 18.7 18.5
Adams 10.6 9.5 10.5 10.5 9.5 8.4 9.5
Asotin 11.3 10.5 13.9 11.8 10.8 12.0 11.3
Benton 14.2 14.8 16.0 13.7 14.5 12.9 14.0
Chelan 14.4 12.1 11.7 14.1 11.7 11.6 14.1
Clallam 16.6 15.7 15.8 14.0 16.5 14.0 16.3
Clark 18.4 17.0 16.2 15.4 15.6 15.4 14.1
Columbia 11.5 13.2 8.9 * * 12.3 *
Cowlitz 16.3 14.6 14.6 12.6 12.5 14.7 11.9
Douglas 9.7 6.6 9.0 9.3 8.8 10.2 13.7
Ferry 9.2 12.4 11.0 5.6 7.2 5.5 8.8
Franklin 13.2 15.9 20.3 15.5 15.3 15.2 14.3
Garfield * * * * * * *
Grant 11.3 11.0 10.7 10.0 8.2 9.3 8.4
Grays Harbor 17.2 17.3 19.0 18.5 16.3 14.3 14.2
Island 15.6 16.2 15.2 15.0 14.3 13.4 13.5
Jefferson 19.0 17.7 17.4 14.2 14.6 13.2 15.8
King 23.7 23.2 23.2 22.4 21.5 21.9 22.2
Kitsap 19.4 19.0 17.5 17.6 16.7 16.8 16.6
Kittitas 16.8 13.4 13.1 15.4 11.2 12.0 12.2
Klickitat 12.5 7.8 10.2 6.5 6.5 10.0 8.5
Lewis 16.9 16.9 16.2 15.7 17.7 13.3 16.6
Lincoln 7.0 9.5 7.9 8.5 6.2 5.6 6.3
Mason 17.2 21.8 19.2 19.5 17.9 17.1 17.7
Okanagan 12.5 14.5 13.8 12.9 11.5 10.9 13.5
Pacific 12.8 14.6 13.3 16.3 14.4 15.4 11.9
Pend Oreille 13.0 13.7 9.9 4.0 7.4 10.4 7.8
Pierce 24.8 24.1 23.3 22.8 22.9 23.3 22.6
San Juan 12.5 14.9 15.4 20.5 17.1 16.2 20.9
Skagit 13.3 11.4 15.3 15.6 17.9 16.5 15.6
Skamania 8.1 5.2 8.4 6.2 7.2 7.5 8.6
Snohomish 20.5 19.8 18.8 19.6 19.0 19.4 19.1
Spokane 17.5 17.2 15.2 16.2 15.4 16.5 14.8
Stevens 8.7 10.1 8.2 9.1 9.8 9.1 8.1
Thurston 20.4 21.3 20.9 19.1 19.3 20.3 19.4
Wahkiakum * * * * 8.6 * 8.6
Walla Walla 10.4 11.1 8.8 12.3 9.5 14.4 12.3
Whatcom 13.0 10.8 15.9 14.6 15.4 16.1 14.9
Whitman 11.1 12.2 9.9 13.6 9.0 9.9 9.7
Yakima 17.1 18.0 18.1 16.6 18.3 17.0 17.4
1 Total number of induced abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44). 
* Rate not calculated because number of abortions 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, 11/2008.

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