Center for Health Statistics - New Jersey Health Statistics 1999

TABLE N38. ONSET OF PRENATAL CARE BY AGE AND MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1999
MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER AND TRIMESTER OF ONSET	TOTAL		AGE GROUP
	TOTAL		10-19		20-24		25-34		35+
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
MARRIED
First	66,399	83.9	529	59.6	5,220	72.6	43,976	85.3	16,668	85.7
Second	6,926	8.8	237	26.7	1,230	17.1	4,068	7.9	1,391	7.2
Third	1,611	2.0	74	8.3	332	4.6	924	1.8	280	1.4
No Care	250	0.3	12	1.4	34	0.5	120	0.2	84	0.4
Not Stated	3,915	4.9	36	4.1	373	5.2	2,484	4.8	1,019	5.2
Total	79,101	100.0	888	100.0	7,189	100.0	51,572	100.0	19,442	100.0
NOT MARRIED
First	18,996	59.6	3,889	52.1	6,689	60.6	6,858	62.6	1,556	63.4
Second	7,951	24.9	2,311	31.0	2,699	24.5	2,436	22.3	505	20.6
Third	2,241	7.0	674	9.0	790	7.2	625	5.7	152	6.2
No Care	879	2.8	167	2.2	257	2.3	352	3.2	101	4.1
Not Stated	1,831	5.7	419	5.6	594	5.4	676	6.2	142	5.8
Total	31,898	100.0	7,460	100.0	11,029	100.0	10,947	100.0	2,456	100.0
TOTAL
First	85,423	75.1	4,424	52.7	11,912	64.6	50,850	79.3	18,227	80.0
Second	14,892	13.1	2,556	30.5	3,931	21.3	6,507	10.1	1,898	8.3
Third	3,857	3.4	749	8.9	1,123	6.1	1,551	2.4	433	1.9
No Care	1,142	1.0	182	2.2	293	1.6	478	0.7	187	0.8
Not Stated	8,496	7.5	481	5.7	1,192	6.5	4,775	7.4	2,043	9.0
Total	113,810	100.0	8,392	100.0	18,451	100.0	64,161	100.0	22,788	100.0
Total by marital status and total by age includes marital status not stated and/or age not stated.