TABLE N58. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (ALL RACES/ETHNICITIES)	TOTAL		PERCENTAGES BY AGE GROUP
	NO.	%	10-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-59
None	105,499	92.7	94.8	93.9	93.6	92.2	91.0	87.6
Central Nervous System Anomaly	121	0.1	**	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	**
Heart Malformation	117	0.1	**	**	0.1	0.1	**	**
Other Circulatory/Respiratory Anomaly	141	0.1	**	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	**
Gastrointestinal Anomaly	97	0.1	**	**	0.1	0.1	**	**
Urogenital Anomaly	306	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	**
Cleft Lip/Palate	99	0.1	**	0.1	0.1	0.1	**	**
Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly	139	0.1	**	0.2	0.1	0.1	**	**
Club Foot	80	0.1	**	**	**	0.1	**	**
Other Musculoskeletal/Integumental Anomaly	187	0.2	**	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	**
Down's Syndrome	42	0.0	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Chromosomal Anomaly	46	0.0	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Anomaly	858	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
NEWBORNS WITH NO CONGENITAL ANOMALIES BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER	TOTAL		PERCENTAGES BY AGE GROUP
	NO.	%	10-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-59
White Non-Hispanic	60,430	94.9	95.6	95.3	95.4	94.9	94.6	92.1
Black Non-Hispanic	17,531	92.6	93.8	92.9	92.5	92.8	90.5	88.2
Hispanic	19,391	96.3	96.2	96.4	96.7	96.4	95.4	93.9
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic	7,105	96.1	96.8	96.4	96.2	95.8	96.5	96.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER	WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC		ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%
None	60,430	94.9	17,531	92.6	19,391	96.3	7,105	96.1
Central Nervous System Anomaly	57	0.1	34	0.2	24	0.1	4	**
Heart Malformation	68	0.1	24	0.1	16	**	7	**
Other Circulatory/Respiratory Anomaly	85	0.1	24	0.1	24	0.1	7	**
Gastrointestinal Anomaly	55	0.1	20	0.1	17	**	2	**
Urogenital Anomaly	192	0.3	43	0.2	47	0.2	22	0.3
Cleft Lip/Palate	58	0.1	17	**	17	**	7	**
Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly	35	0.1	75	0.4	18	**	9	**
Club Foot	45	0.1	13	**	17	**	4	**
Other Musculoskeletal/Integumental Anomaly	100	0.2	40	0.2	35	0.2	12	**
Down's Syndrome	28	0.0	5	**	7	**	2	**
Other Chromosomal Anomaly	23	0.0	15	**	6	**	1	**
Other Anomaly	462	0.7	168	0.9	161	0.8	56	0.8
"All Races/Ethnicities" 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.

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