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Overview Table 1.  Live Births, Deaths, Infant Deaths, Maternal Deaths, and Fetal Deaths
Washington Residents, 1910-2007
    Live Births Deaths Infant Deaths Maternal Deaths Fetal Deaths
Year Population1 Number Rate2 Number Rate2 Number Rate3 Number4 Rate5 Number Ratio3
1910 1,142,000 19,916 17.4 11,502 10.1 1,862 93.5 194 974.1 705 35.4
1911 1,168,800 20,728 17.7 10,845 9.3 1,531 73.9 177 853.9 699 33.7
1912 1,190,600 20,683 17.4 10,187 8.6 1,365 66.0 179 865.4 724 35.0
1913 1,212,400 21,200 17.5 11,397 9.4 1,566 73.9 178 839.6 688 32.5
1914 1,234,000 23,008 18.6 11,448 9.3 1,540 66.9 152 660.6 783 34.0
1915 1,256,000 24,046 19.1 11,895 9.5 1,461 60.8 156 648.8 779 32.4
1916 1,277,800 23,831 18.7 11,805 9.2 1,531 64.2 175 734.3 705 29.6
1917 1,299,600 23,464 18.1 12,137 9.3 1,625 69.3 173 737.3 691 29.4
1918 1,321,400 25,682 19.4 16,837 12.7 1,769 68.9 253 985.1 730 28.4
1919 1,343,200 25,112 18.7 14,370 10.7 1,584 63.1 216 860.1 730 29.1
1920 1,356,600 27,072 20.0 15,164 11.2 1,797 66.4 249 919.8 888 32.8
1921 1,385,700 27,267 19.7 13,254 9.6 1,512 55.5 192 704.1 852 31.2
1922 1,407,100 25,378 18.0 14,249 10.1 1,566 61.7 190 748.7 731 28.8
1923 1,427,300 25,259 17.7 13,856 9.7 1,428 56.5 159 629.5 680 26.9
1924 1,447,200 25,378 17.5 14,580 10.1 1,426 56.2 167 658.1 711 28.0
1925 1,467,600 24,741 16.9 15,280 10.4 1,395 56.4 140 565.9 667 27.0
1926 1,487,600 23,989 16.1 15,670 10.5 1,352 56.4 174 725.3 719 30.0
1927 1,507,800 23,315 15.5 15,950 10.6 1,162 49.8 151 647.7 650 27.9
1928 1,528,200 23,161 15.2 16,723 10.9 1,115 48.1 175 755.6 641 27.7
1929 1,548,400 22,685 14.7 16,413 10.6 1,110 48.9 150 661.2 572 25.2
1930 1,563,400 23,019 14.7 16,678 10.7 1,122 48.7 148 642.9 601 26.1
1931 1,585,000 22,028 13.9 16,524 10.4 1,064 48.3 141 640.1 591 26.8
1932 1,602,500 21,379 13.3 16,581 10.3 967 45.2 139 650.2 530 24.8
1933 1,619,700 20,882 12.9 16,705 10.3 811 38.8 140 670.4 446 21.4
1934 1,636,900 22,484 13.7 17,456 10.7 968 43.1 105 467.0 520 23.1
1935 1,654,000 22,378 13.5 18,046 10.9 998 44.6 120 536.2 469 21.0
1936 1,671,400 23,354 14.0 19,057 11.4 1,064 45.6 115 492.4 468 20.0
1937 1,689,100 24,882 14.7 18,771 11.1 978 39.3 118 474.2 495 19.9
1938 1,706,000 26,702 15.7 18,514 10.9 1,035 38.8 94 352.0 440 16.5
1939 1,723,400 26,471 15.4 18,528 10.8 977 36.9 97 366.4 450 17.0
1940 1,736,200 27,952 16.1 19,837 11.4 969 34.7 89 318.4 459 16.4
1941 1,816,700 30,916 17.0 19,359 10.7 1,065 34.4 66 213.5 445 14.4
1942 1,880,700 38,744 20.6 20,190 10.7 1,278 33.0 78 201.3 606 15.6
1943 1,945,000 44,258 22.8 22,017 11.3 1,534 34.7 72 162.7 575 13.0
1944 2,009,600 44,246 22.0 21,144 10.5 1,493 33.7 72 162.7 607 13.7
1945 2,073,600 44,296 21.4 21,292 10.3 1,523 34.4 79 178.3 672 15.2
1946 2,137,600 51,941 24.3 21,620 10.1 1,723 33.2 65 125.1 869 16.7
1947 2,202,400 58,230 26.4 21,763 9.9 1,630 28.0 59 101.3 907 15.6
1948 2,266,400 55,460 24.5 21,925 9.7 1,525 27.5 36 64.9 776 14.0
1949 2,331,000 56,433 24.2 22,420 9.6 1,526 27.0 36 63.8 850 15.1
    Live Births Deaths Infant Deaths Maternal Deaths Fetal Deaths
Year Population1 Number Rate2 Number Rate2 Number Rate3 Number4 Rate5 Number Ratio3
1950 2,379,000 55,755 23.4 22,450 9.4 1,526 27.4 28 50.2 799 14.3
1951 2,424,000 57,994 23.9 23,300 9.6 1,412 24.3 23 39.7 852 14.7
1952 2,448,000 61,436 25.1 22,874 9.3 1,522 24.8 15 24.4 857 13.9
1953 2,466,000 61,571 25.0 23,279 9.4 1,556 25.3 18 29.2 834 13.5
1954 2,516,000 62,703 24.9 23,238 9.2 1,514 24.1 29 46.2 829 13.2
1955 2,604,000 62,290 23.9 24,410 9.4 1,520 24.4 16 25.7 806 12.9
1956 2,668,000 64,999 24.4 24,207 9.1 1,524 23.4 13 20.0 777 12.0
1957 2,724,000 65,982 24.2 25,140 9.2 1,596 24.2 20 30.3 793 12.0
1958 2,773,000 65,574 23.6 25,429 9.2 1,707 26.0 11 16.8 764 11.7
1959 2,821,000 65,729 23.3 26,229 9.3 1,570 23.9 9 13.7 749 11.4
1960 2,853,200 65,251 22.9 26,505 9.3 1,528 23.4 17 26.1 738 11.3
1961 2,897,000 65,013 22.4 26,353 9.1 1,467 22.6 19 29.2 756 11.6
1962 2,948,000 64,812 22.0 27,343 9.3 1,476 22.8 6 9.3 704 10.9
1963 2,972,000 61,013 20.5 27,550 9.3 1,339 21.9 10 16.4 657 10.8
1964 3,008,000 57,148 19.0 28,106 9.3 1,277 22.3 7 12.2 637 11.1
1965 3,065,000 52,806 17.2 27,379 8.9 1,130 21.4 15 28.4 639 12.1
1966 3,125,000 51,777 16.6 29,035 9.3 1,084 20.9 13 25.1 554 10.7
1967 3,229,000 54,875 17.0 29,302 9.1 1,050 19.1 12 21.9 573 10.4
1968 3,336,000 57,206 17.1 30,360 9.1 1,120 19.6 8 14.0 620 10.8
1969 3,397,000 59,354 17.5 30,504 9.0 1,118 18.8 12 20.2 651 11.0
1970 3,413,300 60,499 17.7 29,901 8.8 1,135 18.8 9 14.9 640 10.6
1971 3,436,300 55,304 16.1 30,318 8.8 1,008 18.2 5 9.0 574 10.4
1972 3,430,300 48,250 14.1 29,747 8.7 805 16.7 6 12.4 428 8.9
1973 3,444,300 47,636 13.8 30,751 8.9 781 16.4 3 6.3 430 9.0
1974 3,508,700 50,096 14.3 29,773 8.5 763 15.2 4 8.0 450 9.0
1975 3,567,900 50,821 14.2 29,778 8.3 798 15.7 5 9.8 421 8.3
1976 3,634,900 53,004 14.6 30,275 8.3 765 14.4 3 5.7 439 8.3
1977 3,715,400 57,256 15.4 29,789 8.0 696 12.2 5 8.7 426 7.4
1978 3,836,200 58,725 15.3 30,469 7.9 737 12.6 4 6.8 465 7.9
1979 3,979,200 64,377 16.2 30,418 7.6 737 11.4 5 (8) 12.4 466 7.2
1980 4,132,400 67,989 16.5 32,049 7.8 802 11.8 1 (10) 14.7 533 7.8
1981 4,229,300 69,987 16.5 32,035 7.6 735 10.5 4 (7) 10.0 487 7.0
1982 4,276,500 69,681 16.3 32,316 7.6 755 10.8 4 (8) 11.5 499 7.2
1983 4,307,200 68,794 16.0 32,653 7.6 656 9.5 6 8.7 473 6.9
1984 4,354,100 69,059 15.9 33,809 7.8 702 10.2 7 10.1 444 6.4
1985 4,415,800 70,357 15.9 34,478 7.8 749 10.6 5 7.1 403 5.7
1986 4,462,200 69,572 15.6 34,176 7.7 676 9.7 2 2.9 445 6.4
1987 4,527,100 70,409 15.6 34,983 7.7 683 9.7 1 1.4 411 5.8
1988 4,616,900 72,660 15.7 36,341 7.9 656 9.0 1 1.4 381 5.2
1989 4,728,100 75,595 16.0 36,130 7.6 694 9.2 2 2.6 388 5.1
    Live Births Deaths Infant Deaths Maternal Deaths Fetal Deaths
Year Population1 Number Rate2 Number Rate2 Number Rate3 Number4 Rate5 Number Ratio3
1990 4,866,700 79,468 16.3 37,047 7.6 622 7.8 4 (5) 5.0 462 5.8
1991 5,021,335 79,962 15.9 37,028 7.4 603 7.5 3 (8) 3.8 426 5.3
1992 5,141,177 79,897 15.5 38,095 7.4 540 6.8 3 (6) 3.8 448 5.6
1993 5,265,688 78,771 15.0 40,380 7.7 495 6.3 6 (8) 7.6 396 5.0
1994 5,364,338 77,368 14.4 39,906 7.4 478 6.2 3 (4) 3.9 443 5.7
1995 5,470,104 77,240 14.1 40,729 7.4 449 5.8 0 (3) 0.0 419 5.4
1996 5,567,764 77,874 14.0 42,248 7.6 467 6.0 3 (6) 3.9 462 5.9
1997 5,663,763 78,141 13.8 41,429 7.3 440 5.6 2 2.6 457 5.8
1998 5,750,033 79,640 13.9 42,585 7.4 452 5.7 3 3.8 471 5.9
1999 5,830,835 79,577 13.6 43793 7.5 401 5.0 6 7.5 468 5.9
2000 5,894,121 81,004 13.7 43,904 7.4 423 5.2 3 3.7 437 5.4
2001 5,974,900 79,542 13.3 44,563 7.5 461 5.8 9 11.3 418 5.3
2002 6,041,710 79,003 13.1 45,244 8.0 452 5.7 7 8.9 434 5.5
2003 6,098,300 80,482 13.2 45,807 8.0 447 5.6 2 2.5 498 6.2
2004 6,167,800 81,715 13.2 44,703 7.2 451 5.5 *22 26.9 432 5.3
2005 6,256,400 82,625 13.2 46,015 7.3 420 5.1 *26 31.5 519 6.3
2006 6,375,600 86,845 13.6 45,878 7.2 406 4.7 *20 23.0 490 5.6
2007 6,587,600 88,921 13.7 47,115 7.2 427 4.8 *18 20.2 493 5.5
1 Population figures for 1910-1950 ten year intervals and for 1950-2006 single years are from the Office of Financial Management, Forecasting Division, State of Washington 2006 Population Trends, October 2007. 
2 Rate per 1,000 population.
3 Ratio per 1,000 live births.
4 Numbers in parentheses include maternal deaths that are based on 1979-1998 studies using links from birth and death certificates and 1990-1996 links of deaths and hospitalizations with birth and fetal deaths; Maternal deaths in other years are based only on the death certificate and may undercount deaths due to complications of pregnancy.  
5  Rate per 100,000 live births (change from previous reports).
 *  The increase in maternal deaths should be interpreted with caution.  The 2004 Death Certificate includes a new question which asks if the decedent is female was she pregnant.  If the box is marked yes, then the death will be included in the maternal death category regardless of the actual underlying cause of death.
Note:   Rates based on fewer than 20 events are likely to be unstable and imprecise.
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