Mortality Table B2: Autopsy by Age and Manner of Death for Residents

Mortality Table B2. Autopsy by Age and Manner of Death for Residents, 2007

	Total Deaths			Natural or Disease			External Causes (e.g., Accident, Suicide, Homicide, etc.)
Age Group	Total	Autopsy	Percent¹	Total	Autopsy	Percent¹	Total	Autopsy	Percent¹
State Total	47,115	4,564	9.7	43,304	2,132	4.9	3,811	2,432	63.8
Under 1	427	183	42.9	403	161	40.0	24	22	91.7
1-4	73	44	60.3	42	19	45.2	31	25	80.6
5-14	100	39	39.0	58	10	17.2	42	29	69.0
15-19	221	151	68.3	51	20	39.2	170	131	77.1
20-24	333	241	72.4	64	24	37.5	269	217	80.7
25-34	758	501	66.1	250	80	32.0	508	421	82.9
35-44	1,363	688	50.5	816	226	27.7	547	462	84.5
45-54	3,390	1,057	31.2	2,688	499	18.6	702	558	79.5
55-64	5,575	779	14.0	5,150	480	9.3	425	299	70.4
65-74	7,435	371	5.0	7,200	262	3.6	235	109	46.4
75-84	12,345	341	2.8	11,970	233	1.9	375	108	28.8
85 and over	15,094	169	1.1	14,611	118	0.8	483	51	10.6
Unknown	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
¹ Percents may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Note: Source for manner of death is the International Classification of Diseases (Tenth Revision):
Natural or Disease (A00-R99); External Causes (V00-Y99).

Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2008.

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