Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1999

TABLE M44. INFANT MORTALITY BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1999
CHARACTERISTICS	TOTAL		WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC
CHARACTERISTICS	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
AGE AT DEATH
Neonatal	562	4.9	205	3.3	188	10.1	91	4.3
Postneonatal	207	1.8	67	1.1	77	4.1	38	1.8
PLURALITY
Singleton	569	5.2	184	3.1	221	12.3	118	5.8
Multiple	148	31.3	88	28.6	44	64.9	11	**
BIRTHWEIGHT (IN GRAMS)
<1,500	444	225.6	155	186.1	181	259.7	80	259.7
1,500-2,499	93	13.1	44	13.2	23	12.0	18	**
2,500+	150	1.5	60	1.0	51	3.2	28	1.4
CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF GESTATION
<32 weeks	457	219.4	163	190.6	188	245.8	78	229.4
32-36 weeks	87	9.6	36	8.0	22	10.3	22	12.8
37-41 weeks	159	1.7	66	1.2	49	3.2	28	1.5
42+ weeks	4	**	2	**	1	**	1	**
TRIMESTER PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
First	418	4.9	188	3.5	117	10.5	82	5.9
Second	99	6.6	25	5.1	50	11.8	20	4.3
Third	19	**	4	**	9	**	3	**
No Care	58	50.8	1	**	41	63.2	11	**
AGE OF MOTHER
Under 20	74	8.8	12	**	42	13.5	18	**
20-24	136	7.4	25	3.9	70	14.0	36	6.1
25-29	183	6.4	67	4.4	63	14.1	29	5.2
30-34	201	5.7	104	4.4	61	16.5	27	6.5
35-39	91	4.8	54	4.2	18	**	11	**
40-44	29	7.9	9	**	9	**	8	**
MARITAL STATUS
Married	374	4.7	220	4.0	65	10.4	52	5.1
Unmarried	336	10.5	51	6.3	199	16.1	77	7.2
MATERNAL SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
Yes	129	11.3	43	5.8	65	25.6	17	**
No	571	5.9	218	4.1	195	12.4	112	5.7
Rates are computed per 1,000 characteristic-specific and race/ethnicity-specific live births.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.

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