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Table 1. Pregnancy Outcomes of Residents by Woman's Age, 2010
  Total Live Births Abortions Fetal Deaths
Age Pregnancies Number Percent1 Number Percent1 Number Percent1
State Total 108,045 86,480 80.0 21,066 19.5 499 0.5
Under 15 129 55 42.6 74 57.4 0 0.0
15-19 9,348 5,993 64.1 3,325 35.6 30 0.3
15-17 2,913 1,724 59.2 1,179 40.5 10 0.3
18-19 6,435 4,269 66.3 2,146 33.3 20 0.3
20-24 25,526 18,622 73.0 6,805 26.7 99 0.4
25-29 30,813 25,562 83.0 5,126 16.6 125 0.4
30-34 25,597 22,466 87.8 3,007 11.7 124 0.5
35-39 13,057 11,068 84.8 1,916 14.7 73 0.6
40-44 3,264 2,506 76.8 725 22.2 33 1.0
45 and Over 265 194 73.2 69 26.0 2 0.8
Unknown 46 14 30.4 19 41.3 13 28.3
1 Percents are the number of live births, abortions, or fetal deaths out of total pregnancies for specific age group.
Table 2. Age Specific Rates1 and Abortion Ratios of Residents, 2010
  Female Pregnancy Birth Abortion Abortion
Age Population Rate Rate Rate Ratio2
All Ages3 1,354,770 79.8 63.8 15.5 243.6
Under 15 211,629 0.6 0.3 0.3 1345.5
15-19 223,386 41.8 26.8 14.9 554.8
15-17 131,080 22.2 13.2 9.0 683.9
18-19 92,306 69.7 46.2 23.2 502.7
20-24 231,673 110.2 80.4 29.4 365.4
25-29 238,209 129.4 107.3 21.5 200.5
30-34 217,722 117.6 103.2 13.8 133.8
35-39 217,110 60.1 51.0 8.8 173.1
40-44 226,670 14.4 11.1 3.2 289.3
45 and Over 247,355 1.1 0.8 0.3 355.7
1 Age-Specific rates equal the number of pregnancies, births, or abortions occurring to women in a specific age group per 1,000 female population in that age group.
For "Under 15" and "45 and over" the denominators for the age-specific rates are limited to the female populations aged 10-14 and 45-49, respectively.
2 The abortion ratio equals the number of abortions per 1,000 live births.
3 For the category, "All Ages", rates equal total pregnancies, births, or abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (child-bearing ages).
Population Data: See Vital Statistics Technical Notes.
Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2011.
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