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TABLE
N24. OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES PERFORMED REPORTED ON CERTIFICATES OF
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS
BY RACE OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1996 |
| PROCEDURE |
TOTAL |
WHITE |
BLACK |
OTHER |
NOT
STATED |
| NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
| NONE |
1,886 |
1.6 |
1,132 |
1.4 |
476 |
2.4 |
263 |
3.1 |
15 |
| AMNIOCENTESIS |
9,618 |
8.4 |
8,101 |
9.8 |
824 |
4.1 |
659 |
7.7 |
34 |
| ELECTRONIC
FETAL MONITORING |
103,394 |
90.4 |
76,207 |
92.4 |
18,738 |
93.0 |
7,916 |
92.2 |
533 |
| INDUCTION
OF LABOR |
15,113 |
13.2 |
11,656 |
14.1 |
2,436 |
12.1 |
944 |
11.0 |
77 |
| STIMULATION
OF LABOR |
33,329 |
29.2 |
24,617 |
29.9 |
5,895 |
29.2 |
2,636 |
30.7 |
181 |
| TOCOLYSIS |
2,596 |
2.3 |
1,763 |
2.1 |
649 |
3.2 |
166 |
1.9 |
18 |
| ULTRASOUND |
63,093 |
55.2 |
45,890 |
55.7 |
12,529 |
62.2 |
4,343 |
50.6 |
331 |
| OTHER |
34,010 |
29.7 |
26,750 |
32.4 |
4,073 |
20.2 |
3,028 |
35.3 |
159 |
| NOTE:
The percent is the number of procedures performed per 100 women
who gave birth in the racial group. |
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