Center for Health Statistics - New Jersey Health Statistics 1998

TABLE N38. ONSET OF PRENATAL CARE BY AGE AND MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER AND TRIMESTER OF ONSET	TOTAL		AGE GROUP
	TOTAL		10-19		20-24		25-34		35-59
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
MARRIED
First	65,653	82.8	546	59.1	5,191	72.0	44,109	84.2	15,804	84.1
Second	6,721	8.5	259	28.0	1,284	17.8	3,905	7.5	1,272	6.8
Third	1,473	1.9	61	6.6	322	4.5	839	1.6	251	1.3
No Care	149	0.2	7	0.8	23	0.3	80	0.2	39	0.2
Not Stated	5,336	6.7	51	5.5	385	5.3	3,463	6.6	1,429	7.6
Total	79,332	100.0	924	100.0	7,205	100.0	52,396	100.0	18,795	100.0
NOT MARRIED
First	19,032	59.7	4,196	53.3	6,455	61.0	6,874	62.5	1,505	61.9
Second	7,914	24.8	2,425	30.8	2,661	25.1	2,364	21.5	464	19.1
Third	2,194	6.9	702	8.9	685	6.5	670	6.1	137	5.6
No Care	963	3.0	169	2.1	247	2.3	424	3.9	122	5.0
Not Stated	1,784	5.6	380	4.8	533	5.0	663	6.0	203	8.4
Total	31,887	100.0	7,872	100.0	10,581	100.0	10,995	100.0	2,431	100.0
TOTAL
First	84,701	74.4	4,746	53.8	11,651	64.7	50,989	78.5	17,310	78.4
Second	14,646	12.9	2,684	30.4	3,948	21.9	6,273	9.7	1,740	7.9
Third	3,668	3.2	763	8.6	1,008	5.6	1,509	2.3	388	1.8
No Care	1,116	1.0	176	2.0	271	1.5	505	0.8	162	0.7
Not Stated	9,719	8.5	452	5.1	1,129	6.3	5,651	8.7	2,474	11.2
Total	113,850	100.0	8,821	100.0	18,007	100.0	64,927	100.0	22,074	100.0
Total by marital status and total by age includes marital status not stated and/or age not stated.

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