TABLE N12. BIRTHS BY ATTENDANT AND AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
AGE OF MOTHER	DOCTOR OF MEDICINE		DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY		CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE		OTHER MIDWIFE OR OTHER ATTENDANT		NOT STATED
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
10-19	7,069	80.1	599	6.8	1,073	12.2	58	0.7	22	0.2
20-24	14,764	82.0	1,367	7.6	1,570	8.7	90	0.5	216	1.2
25-29	25,154	85.8	2,063	7.0	1,447	4.9	136	0.5	511	1.7
30-34	30,928	86.8	2,233	6.3	1,259	3.5	131	0.4	1,065	3.0
35-39	15,873	86.2	1,086	5.9	634	3.4	90	0.5	738	4.0
40-59	3,098	84.8	174	4.8	107	2.9	22	0.6	252	6.9
NOT STATED	16	76.2	0	0.0	1	4.8	2	9.5	2	9.5
TOTAL	96,902	85.1	7,522	6.6	6,091	5.4	529	0.5	2,806	2.5
RACE/ ETHNICITY	DOCTOR OF MEDICINE		DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY		CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE		OTHER MIDWIFE OR OTHER ATTENDANT		NOT STATED
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
WHITE NON-HISPANIC	54,876	86.2	5,182	8.1	3,194	5.0	252	0.4	158	0.2
BLACK NON-HISPANIC	16,356	86.4	1,116	5.9	1,242	6.6	170	0.9	50	0.3
HISPANIC	17,644	87.7	969	4.8	1,431	7.1	76	0.4	9	0.0
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER
NON-HISPANIC	7,014	94.9	191	2.6	160	2.2	25	0.3	2	0.0
OTHER NON-HISPANIC	667	87.2	49	6.4	43	5.6	2	0.3	4	0.5
NOT STATED	345	11.6	15	0.5	21	0.7	4	0.1	2,583	87.0
TOTAL	96,902	85.1	7,522	6.6	6,091	5.4	529	0.5	2,806	2.5