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Mortality Table B2.� Autopsy by Age and Manner of Death for Residents, 2006

	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	45,878	4,577	10.0	42,094	2,101	5.0	3,784	2,476	65.4
Under 1	406	181	44.6	378	155	41.0	28	26	92.9
1-4	67	46	68.7	34	16	47.1	33	30	90.9
5-14	98	49	50.0	45	12	26.7	53	37	69.8
15-19	260	179	68.8	59	21	35.6	201	158	78.6
20-24	384	273	71.1	83	32	38.6	301	241	80.1
25-34	694	459	66.1	251	88	35.1	443	371	83.7
35-44	1,395	667	47.8	866	233	26.9	529	434	82.0
45-54	3,372	1,077	31.9	2,616	486	18.6	756	591	78.2
55-64	5,336	754	14.1	4,922	455	9.2	414	299	72.2
65-74	6,996	393	5.6	6,735	266	3.9	261	127	48.7
75-84	12,386	331	2.7	12,048	229	1.9	338	102	30.2
85 and over	14,483	167	1.2	14,056	107	0.8	427	60	14.1
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, 01/2008.

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