TABLE N27. LIVE-BIRTH ORDER BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER AND LIVE-BIRTH ORDER	TOTAL		AGE GROUP
			10-19		20-24		25-34		35-59
	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
First Child	25,057	39.4	1,765	86.6	3,756	58.6	15,998	39.8	3,538	23.5
Second Child	22,476	35.3	221	10.8	1,856	29.0	15,006	37.3	5,393	35.9
Third Child	9,966	15.7	23	1.1	523	8.2	5,876	14.6	3,543	23.6
Fourth Child	2,946	4.6	0	0.0	121	1.9	1,510	3.8	1,313	8.7
Fifth Child	804	1.3	0	0.0	19	0.3	442	1.1	343	2.3
Sixth Child and Over	621	1.0	0	0.0	4	0.1	279	0.7	338	2.2
Not Stated	1,792	2.8	28	1.4	129	2.0	1,074	2.7	556	3.7
Total	63,662	100.0	2,037	100.0	6,408	100.0	40,185	100.0	15,024	100.0
BLACK NON-HISPANIC
First Child	7,099	37.5	2,695	75.7	1,996	42.1	2,022	24.3	385	16.7
Second Child	5,647	29.8	688	19.3	1,573	33.2	2,726	32.8	660	28.6
Third Child	3,195	16.9	137	3.8	746	15.7	1,781	21.4	530	23.0
Fourth Child	1,447	7.6	23	0.6	281	5.9	844	10.1	299	13.0
Fifth Child	656	3.5	3	0.1	83	1.8	425	5.1	145	6.3
Sixth Child and Over	655	3.5	0	0.0	35	0.7	408	4.9	212	9.2
Not Stated	235	1.2	16	0.4	25	0.5	110	1.3	77	3.3
Total	18,934	100.0	3,562	100.0	4,739	100.0	8,316	100.0	2,308	100.0
HISPANIC
First Child	8,177	40.6	2,322	77.9	2,726	48.2	2,712	29.4	416	18.3
Second Child	6,682	33.2	540	18.1	1,966	34.7	3,410	37.0	766	33.7
Third Child	3,481	17.3	105	3.5	740	13.1	2,022	21.9	614	27.0
Fourth Child	1,123	5.6	10	0.3	166	2.9	704	7.6	243	10.7
Fifth Child	396	2.0	2	0.1	52	0.9	219	2.4	123	5.4
Sixth Child and Over	252	1.3	0	0.0	8	0.1	141	1.5	103	4.5
Not Stated	18	0.1	1	0.0	2	0.0	7	0.1	8	0.4
Total	20,129	100.0	2,980	100.0	5,660	100.0	9,215	100.0	2,273	100.0
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
First Child	3,507	47.4	88	92.6	564	75.1	2,496	49.0	359	24.7
Second Child	2,745	37.1	6	6.3	156	20.8	1,922	37.8	661	45.5
Third Child	793	10.7	1	1.1	21	2.8	494	9.7	277	19.1
Fourth Child	194	2.6	0	0.0	3	0.4	90	1.8	100	6.9
Fifth Child	45	0.6	0	0.0	1	0.1	19	0.4	25	1.7
Sixth Child and Over	26	0.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	0.1	19	1.3
Not Stated	82	1.1	0	0.0	6	0.8	63	1.2	12	0.8
Total	7,392	100.0	95	100.0	751	100.0	5,091	100.0	1,453	100.0
TOTAL
First Child	44,324	38.9	6,979	79.1	9,171	50.9	23,424	36.1	4,747	21.5
Second Child	37,881	33.3	1,469	16.7	5,619	31.2	23,259	35.8	7,534	34.1
Third Child	17,602	15.5	266	3.0	2,055	11.4	10,283	15.8	4,996	22.6
Fourth Child	5,775	5.1	34	0.4	579	3.2	3,190	4.9	1,969	8.9
Fifth Child	1,923	1.7	5	0.1	155	0.9	1,117	1.7	646	2.9
Sixth Child and Over	1,577	1.4	0	0.0	47	0.3	852	1.3	678	3.1
Not Stated	4,768	4.2	68	0.8	381	2.1	2,802	4.3	1,504	6.8
Total	113,850	100.0	8,821	100.0	18,007	100.0	64,927	100.0	22,074	100.0
Total by race/ethnicity and total by age includes other race/ethnicity and race/ethnicity not stated and/or age not stated.
Live-Birth Order 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.