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Table 15.  Birth and Abortion Indicators1 by County of Residence, 2007
  Women Live   Abortion Abortion Fertility
County 15-44 Births Abortions Ratio Rate Rate
State Total2 1,339,756 88,921 24,735 278 18.5 66.4
Adams 3,359 417 32 77 9.5 124.1
Asotin 4,000 232 45 194 11.3 58.0
Benton 32,530 2,455 457 186 14.0 75.5
Chelan 13,230 1,016 187 184 14.1 76.8
Clallam 10,309 639 168 263 16.3 62.0
Clark 85,469 5,901 1,203 204 14.1 69.0
Columbia 646 32 4 * * 49.5
Cowlitz 18,295 1,384 217 157 11.9 75.6
Douglas 6,947 544 95 175 13.7 78.3
Ferry 1,257 67 11 164 8.8 53.3
Franklin 13,469 1,584 192 121 14.3 117.6
Garfield 361 16 2 * * 44.3
Grant 15,793 1,567 133 85 8.4 99.2
Grays Harbor 12,635 863 180 209 14.2 68.3
Island 14,248 983 193 196 13.5 69.0
Jefferson 3,931 210 62 295 15.8 53.4
King 408,463 24,899 9,052 364 22.2 61.0
Kitsap 47,464 2,894 786 272 16.6 61.0
Kittitas 9,149 388 112 289 12.2 42.4
Klickitat 3,392 227 29 128 8.5 66.9
Lewis 13,104 937 217 232 16.6 71.5
Lincoln 1,595 105 10 95 6.3 65.8
Mason 8,879 640 157 245 17.7 72.1
Okanogan 6,981 548 94 172 13.5 78.5
Pacific 3,021 217 36 166 11.9 71.8
Pend Oreille 2,045 133 16 120 7.8 65.0
Pierce 167,604 11,391 3,791 333 22.6 68.0
San Juan 2,155 118 45 381 20.9 54.8
Skagit 21,519 1,560 335 215 15.6 72.5
Skamania 1,988 126 17 135 8.6 63.4
Snohomish 145,370 9,570 2,783 291 19.1 65.8
Spokane 92,965 5,983 1,373 229 14.8 64.4
Stevens 7,432 486 60 123 8.1 65.4
Thurston 48,729 2,940 943 321 19.4 60.3
Wahkiakum 580 26 5 192 8.6 44.8
Walla Walla 11,275 664 139 209 12.3 58.9
Whatcom 41,250 2,210 616 279 14.9 53.6
Whitman 12,178 431 118 274 9.7 35.4
Yakima 46,134 4,518 805 178 17.4 97.9
1 The abortion ratio equals total abortions per 1,000 live births; the general abortion rate equals total abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44); and the general fertility rate equals total live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age.
2 Total abortions includes    15 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, 03/2009.

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