TABLE N54. BIRTH WEIGHT BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER AND ONSET OF PRENATAL CARE
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER AND TRIMESTER OF ONSET	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT		< 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500-3,999 GRAMS	4,000+ GRAMS
	NUMBER	PERCENT
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
First	3,118	5.9	498	2,620	42,587	7,287
Second	302	6.1	44	258	4,023	588
Third	41	4.0	0	41	873	123
No Care	44	23.8	18	26	130	9
Not Stated	537	11.9	138	399	3,475	470
Total	4,042	6.3	698	3,344	51,088	8,477
BLACK NON-HISPANIC
First	1,396	12.3	370	1,026	9,153	767
Second	523	12.4	93	430	3,459	224
Third	128	10.0	15	113	1,073	76
No Care	254	34.7	82	172	461	17
Not Stated	325	23.3	115	210	997	63
Total	2,626	13.9	675	1,951	15,143	1,147
HISPANIC
First	957	7.0	185	772	11,443	1,322
Second	287	6.5	38	249	3,788	350
Third	58	5.4	3	55	934	76
No Care	39	24.7	14	25	116	3
Not Stated	130	17.4	50	80	557	55
Total	1,471	7.3	290	1,181	16,838	1,806
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
First	466	7.9	70	396	5,109	310
Second	56	6.3	11	45	788	45
Third	18	8.0	1	17	198	9
No Care	3	17.6	2	1	14	0
Not Stated	43	11.6	6	37	309	16
Total	586	7.9	90	496	6,418	380
TOTAL
First	6,018	7.1	1,141	4,877	68,881	9,753
Second	1,185	8.1	191	994	12,226	1,223
Third	249	6.8	19	230	3,129	290
No Care	350	31.4	122	228	734	30
Not Stated	1,060	10.9	322	738	5,433	616
Total	8,862	7.8	1,795	7,067	90,403	11,912
Total by race/ethnicity and percent low birth weight includes race/ethnicity not stated and/or birth weight not stated.