Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 2000

TABLE MD5. MARRIAGES BY DIFFERENCE IN AGES OF BRIDE AND GROOM NEW JERSEY, 2000
BRIDE IS ... THAN GROOM	ALL MARRIAGES		FIRST MARRIAGES*		NOT FIRST MARRIAGES
BRIDE IS ... THAN GROOM	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
30+ YEARS OLDER	4	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.0
25-29 YEARS OLDER	15	0.0	2	0.0	13	0.1
20-24 YEARS OLDER	60	0.1	11	0.0	49	0.3
15-19 YEARS OLDER	207	0.4	37	0.1	170	0.9
10-14 YEARS OLDER	723	1.5	202	0.7	521	2.7
5-9 YEARS OLDER	2,716	5.5	1,104	3.7	1,612	8.5
1-4 YEARS OLDER	8,681	17.6	5,625	18.6	3,056	16.0
SAME AGE	5,676	11.5	4,361	14.4	1,315	6.9
1-4 YEARS YOUNGER	17,735	36.0	12,874	42.6	4,861	25.5
5-9 YEARS YOUNGER	8,765	17.8	4,682	15.5	4,083	21.4
10-14 YEARS YOUNGER	3,049	6.2	1,022	3.4	2,027	10.6
15-19 YEARS YOUNGER	1,037	2.1	218	0.7	819	4.3
20-24 YEARS YOUNGER	417	0.8	65	0.2	352	1.8
25-29 YEARS YOUNGER	132	0.3	27	0.1	105	0.6
30+ YEARS YOUNGER	85	0.2	14	0.0	71	0.4
TOTAL	49,302	100.0	30,244	100.0	19,058	100.0
* First marriage for both the bride and the groom. If either married before, in "not first marriages" column.

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