TABLE N57. ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF NEWBORN BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE/ETHNICITY AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS	TOTAL		PERCENTAGES BY AGE GROUP
	NO.	%	10-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-59
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
None	44,959	70.6	72.9	73.3	71.4	70.7	68.9	64.6
Birth Injury	168	0.3	**	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	**
Hyaline Membrane Disease/RDS	228	0.4	**	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	**
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	112	0.2	**	**	0.2	0.2	0.2	**
Assisted Ventilation < 30 minutes	145	0.2	**	**	0.2	0.2	0.2	**
Assisted Ventilation >= 30 minutes	434	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.0
Other Condition	800	1.3	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.0	**
BLACK NON-HISPANIC
None	11,903	62.9	67.2	64.9	62.1	61.1	57.6	51.8
Birth Injury	29	0.2	**	**	**	**	**	**
Hyaline Membrane Disease/RDS	111	0.6	**	0.7	0.6	0.7	**	**
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	72	0.4	**	0.4	0.4	**	**	**
Assisted Ventilation < 30 minutes	110	0.6	0.8	0.5	**	0.7	**	**
Assisted Ventilation >= 30 minutes	194	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.9	**	**
Other Condition	460	2.4	1.7	2.7	2.8	2.2	3.0	**
HISPANIC
None	14,096	70.0	69.3	71.2	70.6	69.0	68.6	69.2
Birth Injury	42	0.2	**	0.4	**	**	**	**
Hyaline Membrane Disease/RDS	99	0.5	**	**	0.4	0.5	**	**
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	49	0.2	**	**	**	**	**	**
Assisted Ventilation < 30 minutes	49	0.2	**	**	**	**	**	**
Assisted Ventilation >= 30 minutes	160	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.4	**
Other Condition	291	1.4	1.7	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.3	**
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
None	4,581	62.0	61.1	61.0	61.2	62.5	63.6	60.1
Birth Injury	13	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Hyaline Membrane Disease/RDS	15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	10	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Assisted Ventilation < 30 minutes	15	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Assisted Ventilation >= 30 minutes	20	0.3	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Condition	84	1.1	**	**	1.0	1.2	**	**
TOTAL
None	76,226	67.0	69.0	68.9	67.6	66.8	64.8	60.3
Birth Injury	254	0.2	**	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	**
Hyaline Membrane Disease/RDS	460	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	**
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome	245	0.2	**	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	**
Assisted Ventilation < 30 minutes	327	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	**
Assisted Ventilation >= 30 minutes	818	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9
Other Condition	1,664	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.3	1.7	1.0
Total by race/ethnicity and total by age includes race/ethnicity not stated and/or age not stated.
Percentages are computed per 100 age/race/ethnicity-specific births.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
There were 34,437 records (30.2%) with no information about abnormal conditions of the newborn.