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Natality Table B6. Body Mass Index¹ by County of Residence, 2006

County	Total Births	Underweight (<18.5)	Normal (18.5-24.9)	Overweight (25.0-29.9)	Obese (30.0+)	Unknown
State Total	86,845	2,344	36,710	19,571	16,989	11,231
Adams	386	3	171	111	96	5
Asotin	245	11	105	62	63	4
Benton	2,339	68	996	552	475	248
Chelan	982	27	435	254	187	79
Clallam	647	12	270	164	177	24
Clark	5,789	181	2,594	1,259	1,159	596
Columbia	45	2	23	9	11	0
Cowlitz	1,325	36	519	277	282	211
Douglas	543	17	222	156	120	28
Ferry	62	2	31	15	12	2
Franklin	1,535	27	636	408	309	155
Garfield	16	0	6	7	2	1
Grant	1,549	32	649	450	392	26
Grays Harbor	884	27	336	207	244	70
Island	933	19	422	243	169	80
Jefferson	221	7	114	52	45	3
King	24,244	719	11,065	5,285	3,891	3,284
Kitsap	3,040	79	1,347	727	738	149
Kittitas	375	3	201	102	58	11
Klickitat	212	0	55	25	23	109
Lewis	939	21	356	234	264	64
Lincoln	114	3	46	31	34	0
Mason	632	10	210	159	143	110
Okanogan	594	8	247	150	156	33
Pacific	196	2	43	38	22	91
Pend Oreille	142	6	66	25	35	10
Pierce	11,139	253	3,679	2,166	2,069	2,972
San Juan	85	2	43	17	18	5
Skagit	1,500	15	471	317	337	360
Skamania	110	2	41	20	14	33
Snohomish	9,070	222	3,532	2,023	1,847	1,446
Spokane	5,986	251	3,104	1,400	1,201	30
Stevens	485	12	236	120	109	8
Thurston	2,771	73	1,247	671	565	215
Wahkiakum	25	0	3	0	5	17
Walla Walla	705	18	303	183	166	35
Whatcom	2,209	54	1,035	470	384	266
Whitman	413	11	208	89	66	39
Yakima	4,358	109	1,643	1,093	1,101	412
¹Body Mass Index=(703.1xwt in lb)/square of ht in inches; classifications are from the Centers for Disease Control.

Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2007.

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