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Mortality Table F6.  Mother's Race1 by Infant (Age < 1 Year) County of Residence2, 2007
      African Native   Pacific More Than Race
County Total White American American Asian Islander One Race Given Unknown
State Total 427 301 32 23 27 5 26 13
State Rate3 4.8 4.2 8.8 13.2 3.7 * n/a 9.7
Adams 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asotin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benton 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chelan 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clallam 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark 29 25 0 2 0 0 1 1
Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cowlitz 9 8 0 0 0 0 1 0
Douglas 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ferry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grays Harbor 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Island 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jefferson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
King 110 59 18 6 15 2 8 2
Kitsap 11 5 1 3 1 0 1 0
Kittitas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Klickitat 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mason 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanogan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pacific 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pend Oreille 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierce 73 48 11 2 5 1 5 1
San Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skagit 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skamania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Snohomish 46 31 2 2 3 1 5 2
Spokane 25 21 0 2 0 0 1 1
Stevens 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Thurston 15 9 0 1 2 1 1 1
Wahkiakum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walla Walla 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Whatcom 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yakima 27 21 0 5 0 0 0 1
1 Infant deaths are matched with births to find mother's race/ethnicity.
2 Residence is the infant's at the time of death.
3 Rate per 1,000 live births.
4 Persons of Hispanic Origin may be of any race.  See Appendix A, "Hispanic Origin."
* Rate not calculated because number of deaths was less than 5.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2008.

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