TABLE N41. SELECTED BIRTH OUTCOMES AND CHARACTERISTICS BY BIRTHPLACE
AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1999 |
| BIRTHPLACE
OF MOTHER AND CHARACTERISTICS |
TOTAL |
RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER |
|
WHITE NON-HISPANIC |
BLACK NON-HISPANIC |
HISPANIC |
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC |
OTHER
NON-HISPANIC |
|
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
| U.S.-BORN |
Low birth
weight
(< 2,500 g) |
6,532 |
8.5
|
3,651 |
6.7
|
2,194 |
14.7
|
588 |
9.0
|
36 |
8.9
|
31 |
10.3 |
Preterm
(< 37 wks gestation) |
8,230 |
10.7
|
4,902 |
9.0
|
2,471 |
16.6
|
739 |
11.3
|
46 |
11.4
|
40 |
13.3 |
Teen birth
(< 20 years) |
6,347 |
8.2
|
1,826 |
3.3
|
2,935 |
19.7
|
1,475 |
22.5
|
25 |
6.2
|
54 |
18.0 |
| Education
< 12 years |
7,968 |
10.3
|
2,573 |
4.7
|
3,417 |
22.9
|
1,886 |
28.7
|
16 |
4.0
|
54 |
18.0 |
| Education
>= 16 years |
26,141 |
33.9
|
23,519 |
43.1
|
1,566 |
10.5
|
735 |
11.2
|
244 |
60.2
|
48 |
16.0 |
| Unmarried |
22,403 |
29.1
|
7,388 |
13.5
|
10,976 |
73.6
|
3,720 |
56.7
|
74 |
18.3
|
155 |
51.7 |
| Live birth
order >= 4 |
6,655 |
8.6
|
3,811 |
7.0
|
2,207 |
14.8
|
550 |
8.4
|
19 |
4.7
|
39 |
13.0 |
| First trimester
prenatal care |
61,214 |
79.5
|
47,164 |
86.4
|
8,729 |
58.6
|
4,644 |
70.8
|
319 |
78.8
|
198 |
66.0 |
| No prenatal
care |
831 |
1.1
|
147 |
0.3
|
580 |
3.9
|
83 |
1.3
|
3 |
0.7
|
4 |
1.3 |
| Total |
77,013 |
100.0
|
54,606 |
100.0
|
14,906 |
100.0
|
6,561 |
100.0
|
405 |
100.0
|
300 |
100.0 |
| FOREIGN-BORN |
Low birth
weight
(< 2,500 g) |
2,222 |
7.0
|
320 |
5.5
|
368 |
10.6
|
922 |
6.4
|
568 |
7.8
|
32 |
7.0 |
Preterm
(< 37 wks gestation) |
2,830 |
9.0
|
435 |
7.5
|
416 |
12.0
|
1,313 |
9.1
|
603 |
8.3
|
43 |
9.4 |
Teen birth
(< 20 years) |
1,932 |
6.1
|
126 |
2.2
|
160 |
4.6
|
1,545 |
10.7
|
75 |
1.0
|
20 |
4.4 |
| Education
< 12 years |
6,940 |
22.0
|
597 |
10.3
|
408 |
11.7
|
5,455 |
37.9
|
393 |
5.4
|
71 |
15.5 |
| Education
>= 16 years |
8,841 |
28.0
|
2,201 |
38.1
|
906 |
26.0
|
1,453 |
10.1
|
4,123 |
56.4
|
123 |
26.9 |
| Unmarried |
9,197 |
29.2
|
511 |
8.9
|
1,306 |
37.5
|
6,976 |
48.5
|
325 |
4.4
|
67 |
14.6 |
| Live birth
order >= 4 |
2,424 |
7.7
|
405 |
7.0
|
407 |
11.7
|
1,319 |
9.2
|
231 |
3.2
|
44 |
9.6 |
| First trimester
prenatal care |
22,174 |
70.3
|
4,489 |
77.8
|
2,217 |
63.7
|
9,290 |
64.6
|
5,804 |
79.4
|
285 |
62.2 |
| No prenatal
care |
271 |
0.9
|
31 |
0.5
|
55 |
1.6
|
146 |
1.0
|
26 |
0.4
|
10 |
2.2 |
| Total |
31,540 |
100.0
|
5,772 |
100.0
|
3,481 |
100.0
|
14,390 |
100.0
|
7,307 |
100.0
|
458 |
100.0 |
|
Total by race/ethnicity includes other race/ethnicity and race/ethnicity
not stated. |
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