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Table 3.  Teenage Pregnancy Rates1 by Age Group Washington State Residents, 1980 - 2006
            Age 15-19                     Age 15-17                     Age 18-19          
  Pregnancy Birth Abortion Pregnancy Birth Abortion Pregnancy Birth Abortion
Year Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate
1980 95.4 46.7 48.3 60.2 24.8 35.1 144.8 77.3 66.9
1981 94.1 47.0 46.6 59.4 25.7 33.4 142.0 76.6 64.8
1982 88.6 45.2 43.1 56.2 24.7 31.3 132.1 72.7 59.0
1983 87.3 44.6 42.3 54.1 24.0 30.0 131.9 72.4 58.9
1984 85.6 44.1 41.2 52.7 23.1 29.4 132.6 74.1 58.1
                   
1985 84.7 44.3 40.0 52.9 24.6 28.0 133.4 74.6 58.4
1986 84.9 43.9 40.7 53.1 24.2 28.8 135.8 75.5 59.6
1987 87.9 44.5 43.2 55.8 25.2 30.4 137.3 74.1 62.7
1988 90.3 46.7 43.3 56.5 26.5 29.8 137.8 75.1 62.3
1989 96.0 50.0 45.7 59.0 28.7 30.0 143.2 77.1 65.6
                   
1990 95.2 53.4 41.3 57.9 29.8 27.8 145.0 85.1 59.4
1991 93.8 54.1 39.4 57.2 31.0 26.0 147.1 87.8 58.9
1992* 91.8 54.3 37.0 58.1 32.9 25.0 143.9 87.5 55.7
1993* 89.7 53.4 36.0 56.0 30.9 24.8 143.6 89.4 53.7
1994* 83.4 50.8 32.3 52.9 29.6 23.2 132.4 84.9 47.1
                   
1995* 80.5 49.9 30.2 50.5 28.8 21.4 129.9 84.7 44.7
1996 76.7 47.1 29.3 46.9 26.6 20.2 126.2 81.2 44.5
1997 74.5 44.7 29.6 45.7 25.3 20.2 122.0 76.6 45.0
1998 71.2 44.0 26.9 42.6 24.0 18.4 116.8 75.8 40.4
1999 66.5 40.7 25.5 38.0 21.6 16.1 109.6 69.5 39.6
                   
2000 64.3 39.1 25.0 36.3 20.4 15.7 107.0 67.6 39.0
2001 59.6 35.6 23.8 32.9 17.7 15.1 100.3 62.8 37.1
2002 55.9 33.0 22.7 30.9 16.8 14.0 93.8 57.7 35.8
2003 53.2 31.5 21.5 28.8 15.3 13.3 90.2 55.9 34.0
2004 51.7 31.2 20.4 28.5 15.5 12.9 86.3 54.4 31.7
2005 50.8 30.7 19.9 27.6 14.9 12.5 85.9 54.5 31.0
2006 51.8 31.8 19.9 27.6 15.2 12.2 88.9 57.0 31.6
* Abortion and pregnancy rates for 1992-1995 include 173, 173, 185, and 188 estimated abortions that were unreported in these years.  See Appendix A, "Adjusted Abortion and Pregnancy Rates, 1992-1995."
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2007.
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