Center for Health Statistics -

By Age 1998
			AGE GROUP
CHARACTERISTICS		TOTAL	< 15	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+	NOT STATED
TOTAL		29,824	184	2,113	3,341	9,572	7,089	4,211	2,499	808	7
RACE
	White	9,484	32	696	1,120	2,672	1,905	1,474	1,140	442	3
	Black	13,946	131	1,053	1,512	4,787	3,599	1,807	864	190	3
	Other	5,211	17	272	560	1,690	1,304	788	422	158	0
	Not Stated	1,183	4	92	149	423	281	142	73	18	1
HISPANIC ETHNICITY
	Hispanic	5,550	21	367	662	1,984	1,363	693	344	116	0
	Non-Hispanic	23,709	158	1,715	2,637	7,491	5,571	3,387	2,078	666	6
	Not Stated	565	5	31	42	97	155	131	77	26	1
MARITAL STATUS
	Married	5,268	1	15	71	720	1,373	1,483	1,162	442	1
	Unmarried	24,492	183	2,097	3,269	8,844	5,706	2,708	1,321	363	1
	Not Stated	64	0	1	1	8	10	20	16	3	5
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
	None	12,605	150	1,600	2,082	3,892	2,282	1,380	885	333	1
	One	8,209	15	311	850	2,947	2,012	1,172	689	210	3
	Two	4,114	2	48	189	1,408	1,262	718	377	110	0
	Three or More	3,379	0	13	64	976	1,206	684	355	80	1
	Not Stated	1,517	17	141	156	349	327	257	193	75	2
GESTATION (in weeks)
	<7	6,439	23	273	577	1,975	1,654	1,105	606	226	0
	7	3,555	21	196	328	1,060	923	554	363	110	0
	8	5,819	34	331	569	1,833	1,489	873	524	163	3
	9	2,545	16	200	314	837	561	355	202	60	0
	10	2,935	17	257	371	982	680	346	213	68	1
	11	1,011	7	131	155	327	214	99	58	19	1
	12	1,021	14	110	177	314	209	109	67	21	0
	13	1,569	10	146	193	558	359	175	99	28	1
	14	691	11	65	86	245	167	71	38	8	0
	15	592	5	57	95	215	110	54	42	13	1
	16	1,005	5	101	146	343	212	128	53	17	0
	17	659	7	61	80	235	141	80	41	14	0
	18	430	5	30	55	146	83	53	47	11	0
	19	318	2	30	40	94	53	50	35	14	0
	20	477	4	44	64	165	90	52	43	15	0
	>20	627	3	76	83	223	115	71	43	13	0
	Not Stated	131	0	5	8	20	29	36	25	8	0
NOTE: THE TRUE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE STATE.

By Race 1998
			RACE
CHARACTERISTICS		TOTAL	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	NOT STATED
TOTAL		29,824	9,484	13,946	5,211	1,183
AGE
	<15	184	32	131	17	4
	15-17	2,113	696	1,053	272	92
	18-19	3,341	1,120	1,512	560	149
	20-24	9,572	2,672	4,787	1,690	423
	25-29	7,089	1,905	3,599	1,304	281
	30-34	4,211	1,474	1,807	788	142
	35-39	2,499	1,140	864	422	73
	40+	808	442	190	158	18
	Not Stated	7	3	3	0	1
GESTATION (in weeks)
	<7	6,439	2,225	2,476	1,432	306
	7	3,555	1,358	1,391	714	92
	8	5,819	1,836	2,809	858	316
	9	2,545	844	1,210	400	91
	10	2,935	893	1,496	402	144
	11	1,011	355	513	106	37
	12	1,021	253	642	72	54
	13	1,569	387	826	337	19
	14	691	113	446	81	51
	15	592	182	305	96	9
	16	1,005	243	547	182	33
	17	659	207	313	130	9
	18	430	120	211	88	11
	19	318	117	136	65	0
	20	477	117	252	107	1
	>20	627	174	330	122	1
	Not Stated	131	60	43	19	9
MARITAL STATUS
	Married	5,268	2,223	1,384	1,412	249
	Unmarried	24,492	7,232	12,542	3,790	928
	Not Stated	64	29	20	9	6
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
	None	12,605	4,761	4,777	2,534	533
	One	8,209	2,448	4,049	1,406	306
	Two	4,114	905	2,463	579	167
	Three or More	3,379	577	2,233	422	147
	Not Stated	1,517	793	424	270	30
NOTE:THE TRUE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE STATE.