Center for Health Statistics -

By Age 1996
			AGE GROUP
CHARACTERISTICS		TOTAL	< 15	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+	NOT STATED
TOTAL		31,860	198	2,420	3,621	10,218	7,513	4,533	2,503	818	36
RACE
	White	11,250	45	845	1,296	3,172	2,417	1,774	1,227	458	16
	Black	14,235	126	1,154	1,639	4,962	3,591	1,783	776	192	12
	Other	5,035	22	320	540	1,621	1,187	786	404	150	5
	Not Stated	1,340	5	101	146	463	318	190	96	18	3
HISPANIC ETHNICITY
	Hispanic	5,930	26	423	720	2,024	1,414	808	392	119	4
	Non-Hispanic	24,602	166	1,889	2,769	7,815	5,770	3,507	1,997	661	28
	Not Stated	1,328	6	108	132	379	329	218	114	38	4
MARITAL STATUS
	Married	5,801	1	40	105	843	1,658	1,611	1,098	442	3
	Unmarried	25,925	197	2,373	3,504	9,328	5,820	2,907	1,393	373	30
	Not Stated	134	0	7	12	47	35	15	12	3	3
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
	None	13,300	169	1,751	2,141	4,180	2,461	1,419	852	310	17
	One	9,072	12	371	948	3,183	2,273	1,344	718	213	10
	Two	4,372	3	81	265	1,476	1,277	740	405	120	5
	Three or More	3,255	0	17	85	917	1,141	686	326	83	0
	Not Stated	1,861	14	200	182	462	361	344	202	92	4
GESTATION (in weeks)
	<7	6,016	16	281	513	1,876	1,575	1,015	536	196	8
	7	3,957	17	222	365	1,235	973	639	387	114	5
	8	6,472	31	416	674	2,078	1,613	982	505	170	3
	9	3,140	20	214	400	1,014	756	400	259	74	3
	10	2,705	26	255	332	920	595	342	183	50	2
	11	1,113	6	130	166	353	224	138	72	21	3
	12	1,055	13	122	176	357	197	113	60	17	0
	13	1,741	16	171	232	614	391	199	86	31	1
	14	796	5	84	117	262	185	85	47	11	0
	15	426	6	59	63	147	71	45	26	8	1
	16	1,145	11	133	152	388	257	120	67	15	2
	17	667	3	81	97	213	144	65	41	22	1
	18	556	9	58	84	170	101	73	43	18	0
	19	343	3	35	48	97	74	39	31	16	0
	20	539	9	52	71	156	118	74	43	15	1
	>20	798	6	94	120	265	152	97	47	14	3
	Not Stated	391	1	13	11	73	87	107	70	26	3
NOTE: THE TRUE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE STATE.

By Race 1996
			RACE
CHARACTERISTICS		TOTAL	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	NOT STATED
TOTAL		31,860	11,250	14,235	5,035	1,340
AGE
	<15	198	45	126	22	5
	15-17	2,420	845	1,154	320	101
	18-19	3,621	1,296	1,639	540	146
	20-24	10,218	3,172	4,962	1,621	463
	25-29	7,513	2,417	3,591	1,187	318
	30-34	4,533	1,774	1,783	786	190
	35-39	2,503	1,227	776	404	96
	40+	818	458	192	150	18
	Not Stated	36	16	12	5	3
GESTATION (in weeks)
	<7	6,016	2,325	2,128	1,195	368
	7	3,957	1,730	1,331	746	150
	8	6,472	2,387	2,819	911	355
	9	3,140	1,212	1,357	494	77
	10	2,705	785	1,435	364	121
	11	1,113	383	570	109	51
	12	1,055	278	648	63	66
	13	1,741	454	943	320	24
	14	796	193	492	79	32
	15	426	132	239	35	20
	16	1,145	337	611	171	26
	17	667	181	369	109	8
	18	556	160	295	91	10
	19	343	121	161	57	4
	20	539	147	286	103	3
	>20	798	236	412	147	3
	Not Stated	391	189	139	41	22
MARITAL STATUS
	Married	5,801	2,758	1,354	1,384	305
	Unmarried	25,925	8,467	12,860	3,646	952
	Not Stated	134	25	21	5	83
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
	None	13,300	5,458	4,932	2,370	540
	One	9,072	3,097	4,145	1,491	339
	Two	4,372	1,178	2,480	580	134
	Three or More	3,255	689	2,067	375	124
	Not Stated	1,861	828	611	219	203
NOTE:THE TRUE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE STATE.