TABLE
N54. BIRTH WEIGHT BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
AND ONSET OF PRENATAL CARE
NEW
JERSEY, 1999 |
| RACE/ETHNICITY
OF MOTHER AND TRIMESTER OF ONSET |
LOW
BIRTH WEIGHT |
<
1,500 GRAMS |
1,500-2,499
GRAMS |
2,500-3,999
GRAMS |
4,000+
GRAMS |
| NUMBER |
PERCENT |
| WHITE
NON-HISPANIC |
| First |
3,275
|
6.1
|
621
|
2,654
|
42,982
|
7,083
|
| Second |
312
|
6.4
|
52
|
260
|
3,960
|
605
|
| Third |
84
|
7.9
|
13
|
71
|
865
|
114
|
| No Care |
39
|
21.0
|
8
|
31
|
130
|
14
|
| Not Stated |
469
|
16.2
|
139
|
330
|
2,110
|
309
|
| Total |
4,179
|
6.7
|
833
|
3,346
|
50,047
|
8,125
|
| BLACK
NON-HISPANIC |
| First |
1,355
|
12.2
|
361
|
994
|
8,962
|
780
|
| Second |
567
|
13.3
|
101
|
466
|
3,425
|
254
|
| Third |
136
|
10.9
|
14
|
122
|
1,035
|
78
|
| No Care |
235
|
36.2
|
102
|
133
|
395
|
16
|
| Not Stated |
322
|
23.5
|
119
|
203
|
972
|
71
|
| Total |
2,615
|
14.0
|
697
|
1,918
|
14,789
|
1,199
|
| HISPANIC |
| First |
956
|
6.8
|
185
|
771
|
11,749
|
1,249
|
| Second |
311
|
6.7
|
51
|
260
|
3,944
|
359
|
| Third |
63
|
5.1
|
6
|
57
|
1,091
|
75
|
| No Care |
55
|
23.8
|
21
|
34
|
162
|
11
|
| Not Stated |
132
|
13.7
|
45
|
87
|
762
|
66
|
| Total |
1,517
|
7.2
|
308
|
1,209
|
17,708
|
1,760
|
| ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC |
| First |
466
|
7.5
|
60
|
406
|
5,411
|
315
|
| Second |
65
|
7.2
|
7
|
58
|
783
|
57
|
| Third |
20
|
8.3
|
1
|
19
|
210
|
12
|
| No Care |
5
|
17.2
|
1
|
4
|
23
|
1
|
| Not Stated |
57
|
13.0
|
16
|
41
|
359
|
20
|
| Total |
613
|
7.9
|
85
|
528
|
6,786
|
405
|
| TOTAL |
| First |
6,122
|
7.2
|
1,248
|
4,874
|
69,751
|
9,487
|
| Second |
1,279
|
8.6
|
217
|
1,062
|
12,308
|
1,292
|
| Third |
312
|
8.1
|
37
|
275
|
3,258
|
283
|
| No Care |
352
|
30.8
|
139
|
213
|
736
|
42
|
| Not Stated |
994
|
11.7
|
327
|
667
|
4,269
|
473
|
| Total |
9,059
|
8.0
|
1,968
|
7,091
|
90,322
|
11,577
|
| Total
by race/ethnicity and percent low birth weight includes race/ethnicity
not stated and/or birth weight not stated. |
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