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Table 21.  Age-Specific Abortion Rates1 by County of Residence, 2007
County All
Ages
15-19 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44
State Total2 18.5 19.9 12.5 31.3 35.7 26.1 15.9 9.4 3.2
Adams 9.5 10.8 12.6 * 25.0 * 10.5 * *
Asotin 11.3 11.2 * 17.5 21.9 18.2 14.3 * *
Benton 14.0 19.1 13.9 28.7 29.7 21.1 6.4 5.1 2.7
Chelan 14.1 18.7 13.4 28.0 33.6 15.0 9.7 4.9 3.3
Clallam 16.3 21.2 15.3 32.2 38.3 23.7 12.3 5.9 *
Clark 14.1 15.1 7.9 27.6 26.9 20.3 13.4 7.2 2.2
Columbia * * * * * * * * *
Cowlitz 11.9 15.0 11.6 20.9 21.8 19.9 8.9 3.2 2.1
Douglas 13.7 12.8 6.5 24.6 31.5 25.2 7.4 9.0 *
Ferry 8.8 * * * * * * * *
Franklin 14.3 16.9 13.3 23.1 26.6 17.4 11.2 5.0 *
Garfield * * * * * * * * *
Grant 8.4 7.8 5.1 12.6 19.0 9.9 5.8 5.8 *
Grays Harbor 14.2 11.6 6.7 20.5 32.5 26.9 10.3 4.7 3.7
Island 13.5 14.6 9.1 24.5 31.0 19.7 7.9 6.2 2.7
Jefferson 15.8 7.9 * * 27.5 47.6 14.9 11.1 5.9
King 22.2 24.5 15.7 37.2 40.7 29.4 19.9 13.3 4.6
Kitsap 16.6 17.6 10.9 30.1 37.4 24.9 13.5 7.4 2.3
Kittitas 12.2 15.3 10.2 18.3 10.9 22.7 17.7 7.9 *
Klickitat 8.5 11.8 * 24.9 15.9 10.1 11.0 * *
Lewis 16.6 16.9 8.5 32.5 29.0 28.7 16.1 8.5 3.3
Lincoln 6.3 * * * * * * * *
Mason 17.7 24.0 12.5 47.4 35.9 23.6 18.5 6.8 *
Okanogan 13.5 10.0 8.0 13.9 39.2 23.5 11.6 4.3 *
Pacific 11.9 11.3 * * 28.1 23.3 12.1 * *
Pend Oreille 7.8 15.0 * * * * * * *
Pierce 22.6 23.8 13.8 39.3 48.0 32.2 18.9 9.4 3.2
San Juan 20.9 24.3 20.0 * 56.5 43.0 * 14.0 *
Skagit 15.6 23.7 16.3 36.1 28.4 20.0 13.6 5.6 1.5
Skamania 8.6 * * * 21.6 18.6 * * *
Snohomish 19.1 22.2 12.1 39.7 43.6 26.4 15.3 9.8 2.8
Spokane 14.8 16.6 11.5 23.2 26.6 23.4 11.5 5.9 2.5
Stevens 8.1 10.0 6.6 18.8 21.4 13.2 4.9 4.7 *
Thurston 19.4 18.5 9.3 33.5 41.9 27.6 15.7 10.0 3.2
Wahkiakum 8.6 * * * * * * * *
Walla Walla 12.3 16.2 14.2 18.3 19.8 21.2 4.2 5.6 *
Whatcom 14.9 16.2 12.4 19.6 23.4 18.6 14.0 7.5 2.6
Whitman 9.7 5.8 * 7.2 13.4 9.8 9.9 8.2 *
Yakima 17.4 20.0 14.4 29.7 32.6 24.0 12.2 6.7 2.7
1 The general abortion rate shown under "All Ages" equals abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44).  Age-Specific rate equal the number of abortions to women in a specific age group per 1,000 women in the age group.
2 Total abortions includes    15 abortions 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, 12/2008.

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