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Mortality Table F8.  Fetal Deaths, Perinatal, Neonatal, and  Infant Mortality by County/City of Residence, 2006
  Fetal Deaths Perinatal Mortality Neonatal Mortality Infant Mortality
County and City Number Ratio1 Number Rate2 Number Rate3 Number Rate4
State Total 490 5.6 706 8.1 260 3.0 406 4.7
Adams 3 * 3 * 0 * 1 *
Asotin 3 * 3 * 0 * 0 *
Benton 15 6.4 26 11.0 13 5.6 17 7.3
  Kennewick 9 7.3 14 11.3 6 4.9 9 7.3
  Richland 2 * 5 9.1 4 * 5 9.1
Chelan 5 5.1 7 7.1 2 * 2 *
  Wenatchee 4 * 5 8.5 1 * 1 *
Clallam 5 7.7 9 13.8 4 * 4 *
  Port Angeles 3 * 5 19.5 2 * 2 *
Clark 18 3.1 26 4.5 8 1.4 15 2.6
Battle Ground 0 * 2 * 2 * 3 *
Camas 1 * 1 * 0 * 0 *
  Vancouver 12 3.2 17 4.5 5 1.3 11 3.0
Columbia 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
Cowlitz 4 * 7 5.3 3 * 9 6.8
  Longview 1 * 3 * 2 * 5 8.8
Douglas 1 * 2 * 1 * 1 *
Ferry 1 * 2 * 1 * 2 *
Franklin 12 7.8 19 12.3 8 5.2 9 5.9
  Pasco 12 9.2 16 12.1 5 3.8 6 4.6
Garfield 1 * 1 * 0 * 0 *
Grant 13 8.4 25 16.0 12 7.7 14 9.0
  Moses Lake 1 * 4 * 3 * 3 *
Grays Harbor 3 * 3 * 1 * 4 *
  Aberdeen 2 * 2 * 0 * 1 *
Island 9 9.6 12 12.7 3 * 4 *
  Oak Harbor 6 11.0 8 14.5 2 * 3 *
Jefferson 1 * 2 * 1 * 2 *
King 129 5.3 190 7.8 68 2.8 100 4.1
  Auburn 7 6.4 12 10.8 5 4.5 8 7.3
  Bellevue 5 3.5 9 6.2 4 * 6 4.2
  Bothell part 2 * 2 * 0 * 0 *
  Burien 5 12.0 5 11.9 0 * 3 *
  Covington 1 * 2 * 1 * 1 *
  Des Moines 0 * 1 * 1 * 1 *
  Federal Way 11 8.2 12 8.9 2 * 6 4.5
  Issaquah 3 * 6 10.5 3 * 3 *
  Kenmore 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
  Kent 8 4.6 12 6.8 4 * 9 5.1
  Kirkland 4 * 5 6.3 1 * 1 *
  Maple Valley 4 * 4 * 0 * 0 *
  Mercer Island 2 * 2 * 0 * 0 *
  Redmond 5 5.1 6 6.1 3 * 3 *
  Renton 12 7.1 16 9.4 4 * 6 3.6
  Sammamish 2 * 4 * 3 * 3 *
  SeaTac 2 * 5 13.6 3 * 3 *
  Seattle 40 5.3 60 7.9 22 2.9 28 3.7
  Shoreline 2 * 3 * 1 * 1 *
  Tukwila 1 * 2 * 1 * 3 *
Kitsap 24 7.9 28 9.1 7 2.3 11 3.6
  Bainbridge Island 2 * 2 * 1 * 1 *
  Bremerton 9 8.9 10 9.8 1 * 1 *
Kittitas 1 * 2 * 1 * 2 *
  Ellensburg 0 * 0 * 0 * 1 *
Klickitat 0 * 0 * 0 * 3 *
Lewis 8 8.5 9 9.5 1 * 1 *
  Centralia 2 * 2 * 0 * 0 *
Lincoln 1 * 1 * 0 * 0 *
Mason 4 * 6 9.4 3 * 4 *
Okanogan 4 * 6 10.0 2 * 3 *
Pacific 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
Pend Oreille 0 * 1 * 1 * 1 *
Pierce 61 5.5 83 7.4 33 3.0 58 5.2
  Bonney Lake 2 * 2 * 1 * 2 *
  Lakewood 2 * 7 7.1 8 8.1 12 12.1
  Puyallup 9 7.0 12 9.3 3 * 4 *
  Tacoma 26 6.5 31 7.7 9 2.3 15 3.8
  University Place 6 15.0 7 17.2 1 * 2 *
San Juan 1 * 1 * 0 * 1 *
Skagit 7 4.7 7 4.6 1 * 2 *
  Anacortes 1 * 1 * 0 * 0 *
  Mount Vernon 2 * 2 * 1 * 2 *
Skamania 0 * 0 * 0 * 1 *
Snohomish 64 7.1 84 9.2 25 2.8 37 4.1
  Arlington 2 * 2 * 0 * 0 *
  Bothell part 7 10.8 7 10.6 0 * 0 *
  Edmonds 1 * 1 * 0 * 0 *
  Everett 17 7.3 21 8.9 6 2.6 11 4.7
  Lynnwood 5 4.8 8 7.6 3 * 6 5.7
  Marysville 3 * 8 9.9 7 8.7 7 8.7
  Mill Creek 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
  Monroe 6 18.6 9 27.4 3 * 3 *
  Mountlake Terrace 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
  Mukilteo 0 * 1 * 1 * 1 *
Spokane 25 4.2 38 6.3 16 2.7 27 4.5
  Spokane (city) 17 4.6 26 7.1 11 3.0 18 4.9
  Spokane Valley 3 * 5 6.8 3 * 4 *
Stevens 3 * 5 10.2 3 * 5 10.3
Thurston 16 5.8 22 7.9 9 3.2 15 5.4
  Lacey 5 8 6 9.6 1 * 2 *
  Olympia 6 5.7 8 7.5 3 * 5 4.7
Wahkiakum 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
Walla Walla 2 * 5 7.1 3 * 5 7.1
  Walla Walla (city) 1 * 4 * 3 * 5 11.1
Whatcom 15 6.8 22 9.9 8 3.6 14 6.3
  Bellingham 6 7.1 8 9.5 2 * 3 *
Whitman 3 * 4 * 1 * 1 *
  Pullman 2 * 3 * 1 * 1 *
Yakima 28 6.4 45 10.3 21 4.8 31 7.1
1 Fetal death ratio = fetal deaths per 1,000 live births.
2 Perinatal mortality rate = fetal deaths plus deaths to  infants within first 6 days of life per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths.
3 Neonatal mortality rate = deaths to infants within first 27 days of life per 1,000 live  births.
4 Infant mortality rate = deaths to infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
* Rate or ratio not calculated because number of deaths was less than 5.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 01/2008.

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