Center for Health Statistics

By Age, By Race

By Age, 2008
		AGE GROUP
CHARACTERISTICS	TOTAL	<15	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+	NOT STATED
TOTAL	28,480	121	1,788	2,813	8,782	7,230	4,156	2,557	1,028	5
MATERNAL RACE/ETHNICITY
White	10,492	46	665	1,100	3,399	2,464	1,410	950	457	1
Black	6,790	55	718	890	1,988	1,601	860	511	164	3
Hispanic or Latino	6,481	11	162	409	2,005	1,858	1,161	637	238	0
Asian/Pacific Islander	121	0	2	1	17	28	41	19	12	1
American Indian/Alaska Native	174	0	4	16	41	47	33	20	13	0
Other Race	4,193	9	230	377	1,258	1,170	618	393	138	0
Not Stated	229	0	7	20	74	62	33	27	6	0
MARITAL STATUS
Married	24,485	120	1,775	2,776	8,357	6,242	3,060	1,575	577	3
Unmarried	3,850	1	6	28	383	957	1,065	963	447	0
Not Stated	145	0	7	9	42	31	31	19	4	2
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
None	18,383	111	1,535	2,127	5,780	4,313	2,370	1,529	617	1
One	5,215	6	191	472	1,630	1,399	821	488	205	3
Two	2,654	2	31	141	820	771	485	285	119	0
Three or More	1,916	2	13	50	470	676	424	212	68	1
Not Stated	312	0	18	23	82	71	56	43	19	0
GESTATIONAL AGE (in weeks)
<7	7,739	21	345	624	2,338	2,101	1,224	753	332	1
7	5,381	14	256	472	1,565	1,419	907	545	203	0
8	3,815	14	240	359	1,121	971	576	379	152	3
9	2,258	12	149	258	722	553	296	192	75	1
10	1,656	8	106	200	493	425	240	128	56	0
11	1,005	5	72	90	337	243	152	69	37	0
12	884	6	84	102	275	204	113	80	20	0
13	1,396	7	110	165	443	347	179	103	42	0
14	802	7	68	82	293	171	106	59	16	0
15	657	6	63	94	207	157	64	51	15	0
16	635	2	61	89	215	146	65	36	21	0
17	533	2	58	68	184	119	53	38	11	0
18	336	3	31	37	114	82	37	22	10	0
19	250	2	24	23	91	56	25	21	8	0
20	286	3	30	39	103	53	31	23	4	0
>20	831	9	90	108	275	179	88	56	26	0
Not Stated	16	0	1	3	6	4	0	2	0	0
Data for White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Other Race do not include Hispanics/Latinos. Hispanic/Latino ethnicity includes persons of any race. Note: The true number of terminations performed in New Jersey is higher than the number reported to the state.

By Race/Ethnicity, 2008
		MATERNAL RACE/ETHNICITY
Characteristics	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Other Race	Not Stated
TOTAL	28,480	10,492	6,790	6,481	121	174	4,193	229
MATERNAL AGE
<15	121	46	55	11	0	0	9	0
15-17	1,788	665	718	162	2	4	230	7
18-19	2,813	1,100	890	409	1	16	377	20
20-24	8,782	3,399	1,988	2,005	17	41	1,258	74
25-29	7,230	2,464	1,601	1,858	28	47	1,170	62
30-34	4,156	1,410	860	1,161	41	33	618	33
35-39	2,557	950	511	637	19	20	393	27
40+	1,028	457	164	238	12	13	138	6
Not Stated	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
Marital Status
Married	24,485	8,966	6,199	5,635	28	101	3,396	160
Unmarried	3,850	1,431	573	841	91	73	789	52
Not Stated	145	95	18	5	2	0	8	17
Previous Termination
None	18,383	5,601	3,342	5,319	84	102	3,825	110
One	5,215	2,694	1,517	679	20	38	208	59
Two	2,654	1,308	918	291	6	20	81	30
Three or More	1,916	869	760	189	2	14	71	11
Not Stated	312	20	253	3	9	0	8	19
Gestational Age (in weeks)
<7	7,739	2,838	1,518	1,762	25	74	1,469	53
7	5,381	2,012	1,271	1,230	29	44	758	37
8	3,815	1,404	1,025	834	25	24	471	32
9	2,258	920	616	420	9	12	259	22
10	1,656	671	532	272	8	6	155	12
11	1,005	454	342	143	6	3	46	11
12	884	386	288	145	2	2	49	12
13	1,396	335	328	422	7	3	294	7
14	802	270	181	222	1	2	120	6
15	657	194	135	195	1	4	121	7
16	635	188	134	186	1	0	123	3
17	533	181	109	153	2	0	82	6
18	336	105	70	103	2	0	51	5
19	250	94	42	69	1	0	40	4
20	286	100	43	98	0	0	43	2
>20	831	339	144	227	1	0	112	8
Not Stated	16	1	12	0	1	0	0	2
Data for White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Other Race do not include Hispanics/Latinos. Hispanic/Latino ethnicity includes persons of any race. Note: The true number of terminations performed in New Jersey is higher than the number reported to the state.

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