TABLE N26. FIRST BIRTH RATE BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
AGE OF MOTHER	TOTAL		WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC		ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
10-14	152	0.6	12	**	93	2.2	45	1.2	0	**
15-19	6,827	27.1	1,753	11.3	2,602	61.6	2,277	58.8	88	5.7
15-17	2,716	17.8	555	5.9	1,143	45.9	953	41.7	21	2.1
18-19	4,111	41.6	1,198	20.0	1,459	84.0	1,324	83.5	67	12.1
20-24	9,171	39.7	3,756	27.0	1,996	52.3	2,726	69.8	564	39.4
25-29	12,684	49.9	8,125	52.8	1,229	30.0	1,697	41.6	1,508	83.0
30-34	10,740	33.2	7,873	38.6	793	16.4	1,015	21.2	988	42.8
35-39	3,928	10.6	2,921	11.8	329	6.5	342	7.3	298	12.9
40-44	776	2.2	583	2.4	54	1.2	70	1.8	58	2.7
45-49	40	0.1	31	0.1	2	**	4	**	3	**
50-59	3	**	3	**	0	**	0	**	0	**
NOT STATED	3	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
TOTAL	44,324	167.5	25,057	158.7	7,099	238.6	8,177	268.0	3,507	195.0
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
The Total column includes other non-Hispanic races and race not stated.
Rates are computed per 1,000 age-, race-, ethnicity-specific female population.
First Birth is determined from the sum of number of live births now living + number of live births now dead on the birth certificate. If either of these is not stated, the sum is considered not stated.