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Table 4.  Induced Abortions of Residents by Woman's Age and Weeks of Gestation, 2007
Weeks of Gestation1  
        Under 9          9-12           13-15           16-19         20 +       Unknown   
Age Total # % # % # % # % # % # %
State Total 24,735 15,259 61.7 6,468 26.1 1,388 5.6 1,011 4.1 514 2.1 95 0.4
Under 15 107 52 48.6 33 30.8 10 9.3 8 7.5 4 * 0 *
15-19 4,538 2,429 53.5 1,408 31.0 306 6.7 258 5.7 124 2.7 13 0.3
15-17 1,722 867 50.3 561 32.6 120 7.0 113 6.6 57 3.3 4 *
18-19 2,816 1,562 55.5 847 30.1 186 6.6 145 5.1 67 2.4 9 0.3
20-24 8,163 4,930 60.4 2,212 27.1 480 5.9 330 4.0 185 2.3 26 0.3
25-29 5,730 3,707 64.7 1,394 24.3 301 5.3 201 3.5 103 1.8 24 0.4
30-34 3,219 2,108 65.5 776 24.1 155 4.8 108 3.4 54 1.7 18 0.6
35-39 2,137 1,426 66.7 485 22.7 101 4.7 79 3.7 35 1.6 11 0.5
40-44 739 532 72.0 142 19.2 29 3.9 25 3.4 8 1.1 3 *
45 and Over 71 59 83.1 9 12.7 3 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
Unknown 31 16 51.6 9 29.0 3 * 2 * 1 * 0 *
1 Percents are row-wise percentages which show the proportion of abortions terminated at each gestational age.
* Percent not calculated because number of events was less than 5.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 09/2008.
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