TABLE N2. LIVE BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATES BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
NEW JERSEY, 1998
COUNTY	BIRTHS	BIRTH RATE
ATLANTIC	3,427	14.4
BERGEN	10,762	12.5
BURLINGTON	4,981	11.9
CAMDEN	7,067	14.0
CAPE MAY	1,044	10.6
CUMBERLAND	1,962	14.0
ESSEX	12,083	16.1
GLOUCESTER	3,201	12.9
HUDSON	8,736	15.7
HUNTERDON	1,470	12.0
MERCER	4,393	13.2
MIDDLESEX	10,216	14.3
MONMOUTH	8,207	13.6
MORRIS	6,474	14.1
OCEAN	6,392	13.0
PASSAIC	7,853	16.2
SALEM	766	11.8
SOMERSET	4,420	15.6
SUSSEX	1,811	12.7
UNION	7,397	14.8
WARREN	1,188	12.0
TOTAL	113,850	14.0
Rates are computed per 1,000 population.