TABLE M44. INFANT MORTALITY BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
CHARACTERISTICS	TOTAL		WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
AGE AT DEATH
Neonatal	513	4.5	188	3.0	166	8.8	84	4.2
Postneonatal	214	1.9	76	1.2	74	3.9	37	1.8
PLURALITY
Singleton	563	5.2	203	3.4	200	11.0	104	5.3
Multiple	131	28.4	61	20.1	40	60.8	17	**
BIRTHWEIGHT (IN GRAMS)
<1,500	424	236.2	144	206.3	151	223.7	79	272.4
1,500-2,499	87	12.3	42	12.6	31	15.9	7	**
2,500+	168	1.6	70	1.2	54	3.3	33	1.8
CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF GESTATION
<32 weeks	425	213.2	143	193.0	151	198.7	81	230.1
32-36 weeks	69	7.9	29	6.5	29	13.7	9	**
37-41 weeks	171	1.8	74	1.3	51	3.3	31	1.7
42+ weeks	1	**	0	**	1	**	0	**
TRIMESTER PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
First	409	4.8	173	3.3	117	10.3	75	5.5
Second	97	6.6	21	4.3	44	10.5	20	4.5
Third	16	**	3	**	9	**	3	**
No Care	52	46.6	9	**	35	47.8	6	**
AGE OF MOTHER
Under 20	92	10.4	12	**	47	13.2	28	9.4
20-24	129	7.2	29	4.5	56	11.8	35	6.2
25-29	186	6.3	83	5.1	64	13.9	24	4.6
30-34	169	4.7	78	3.2	48	12.9	19	**
35-39	94	5.1	49	3.9	20	10.5	14	**
40-44	24	6.9	13	**	5	**	1	**
MARITAL STATUS
Married	356	4.5	209	3.8	54	8.9	41	4.1
Unmarried	334	10.5	54	6.6	184	14.3	80	7.9
MATERNAL SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
Yes	135	10.8	55	6.9	61	21.1	16	**
No	527	5.5	190	3.6	168	10.7	104	5.6
Rates are computed per 1,000 characteristic-specific and race/ethnicity-specific live births.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.