Center for Health Statistics - New Jersey Health Statistics 1999

TABLE N58. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1999
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+
White Non-Hispanic	59,542	95.4	96.4	96.2	95.8	95.1	95.2	94.7
Black Non-Hispanic	17,944	96.3	97.1	96.6	96.4	95.6	96.0	94.7
Hispanic	20,630	98.2	98.4	98.4	98.0	98.3	97.9	96.8
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic	7,606	97.4	98.0	97.3	97.5	97.7	97.0	96.3


CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (ALL RACES/ETHNICITIES)	TOTAL		RATES BY AGE GROUP
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (ALL RACES/ETHNICITIES)	NO.	RATE	10-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+
None	106,865	939.0	970.8	959.1	945.9	929.0	921.2	903.5
Central Nervous System Anomaly	81	0.7	**	1.1	0.7	0.6	**	**
Heart Malformation	107	0.9	**	**	1.0	1.0	**	**
Other Circulatory/Respiratory Anomaly	122	1.1	**	1.1	0.8	1.3	**	**
Gastrointestinal Anomaly	69	0.6	**	**	**	**	**	**
Urogenital Anomaly	262	2.3	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.2	1.7	**
Cleft Lip/Palate	90	0.8	**	**	0.8	0.8	**	**
Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly	122	1.1	**	2.0	0.9	0.7	**	**
Club Foot	61	0.5	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Musculoskeletal/Integumental Anomaly	141	1.2	**	1.6	1.3	1.2	1.1	**
Down's Syndrome	34	0.3	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Chromosomal Anomaly	43	0.4	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Anomaly	662	5.8	6.4	5.8	5.9	5.4	5.9	6.9


CONGENITAL ANOMALIES BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER	WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC		ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE
None	59,542	954.3	17,944	963.0	20,630	982.0	7,606	974.1
Central Nervous System Anomaly	34	0.5	20	1.1	17	**	9	**
Heart Malformation	61	1.0	16	**	17	**	9	**
Other Circulatory/Respiratory Anomaly	81	1.3	18	**	9	**	13	**
Gastrointestinal Anomaly	34	0.5	11	**	21	1.0	3	**
Urogenital Anomaly	148	2.4	49	2.6	39	1.9	21	2.7
Cleft Lip/Palate	53	0.8	11	**	18	**	8	**
Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly	41	0.7	54	2.9	22	1.0	4	**
Club Foot	36	0.6	11	**	8	**	6	**
Other Musculoskeletal/Integumental Anomaly	66	1.1	26	1.4	33	1.6	11	**
Down's Syndrome	22	0.4	2	**	7	**	3	**
Other Chromosomal Anomaly	26	0.4	8	**	4	**	4	**
Other Anomaly	351	5.6	142	7.6	108	5.1	47	6.0
"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.
Rates are computed per 1,000 age/race/ethnicity-specific births
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
Note: This table only captures congenital anomalies reported on the birth certificate. Some birth defects are not yet detectable until after the infant is released from the hospital.

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