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| Natality Table A2a. Mother's Race/Ethnicity by Child's Sex¹ for Residents, 2006 | ||||
| Total | ||||
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent2 | Male | Female |
| State Total | 86,845 | 100.0 | 44,536 | 42,309 |
| White | 71,558 | 82.4 | 36,626 | 34,932 |
| African American | 4,215 | 4.9 | 2,153 | 2,062 |
| Native American | 1,925 | 2.2 | 1,012 | 913 |
| Japanese | 428 | 0.5 | 230 | 198 |
| Chinese | 1,058 | 1.2 | 549 | 509 |
| Filipino | 1,332 | 1.5 | 708 | 624 |
| Other Asian | 5,388 | 6.2 | 2,777 | 2,611 |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 941 | 1.1 | 481 | 460 |
| Hispanic3 | 15,793 | 18.2 | 8,005 | 7,788 |
| 1 Total includes 0 births for which sex is unknown. | ||||
| 2 Percents may not add to 100% due to rounding. | ||||
| 3 Persons of Hispanic Origin may be of any race. See Appendix A, "Hispanic Origin." | ||||
| NOTE: Uses bridged race, see Technical Appendix | ||||
| Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2007. | ||||
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