Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1997

TABLE N25. RESIDENT BIRTHS BY BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD AND AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1997
AGE & RACE OF MOTHER	TOTAL BIRTHS	WEIGHT AT BIRTH
AGE & RACE OF MOTHER	TOTAL BIRTHS	LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500 GRAMS AND OVER	NOT STATED
UNDER 15
White	62	1	9	52	0
Black	127	5	16	106	0
Other	4	0	2	2	0
Not Stated	4	0	0	3	1
Total	197	6	27	163	1
15-19
White	4,538	64	284	4,188	2
Black	3,671	108	355	3,200	8
Other	360	14	31	315	0
Not Stated	55	3	3	22	27
Total	8,624	189	673	7,725	37
20-24
White	10,970	125	534	10,296	15
Black	5,216	153	468	4,586	9
Other	1,200	19	100	1,079	2
Not Stated	238	2	7	55	174
Total	17,624	299	1,109	16,016	200
25-29
White	21,288	201	992	20,069	26
Black	5,117	201	519	4,388	9
Other	2,918	35	179	2,702	2
Not Stated	610	1	11	60	538
Total	29,933	438	1,701	27,219	575
30-34
White	27,854	325	1,367	26,131	31
Black	4,151	173	460	3,510	8
Other	2,949	21	193	2,732	3
Not Stated	1,104	4	2	91	1,007
Total	36,058	523	2,022	32,464	1,049
35-39
White	13,666	188	785	12,679	14
Black	1,906	82	202	1,615	7
Other	1,271	18	76	1,174	3
Not Stated	642	3	4	34	601
Total	17,485	291	1,067	15,502	625
40-44
White	2,416	45	160	2,209	2
Black	386	14	54	318	0
Other	257	3	29	225	0
Not Stated	179	0	2	15	162
Total	3,238	62	245	2,767	164
45 AND OVER
White	112	4	21	87	0
Black	13	1	1	11	0
Other	12	1	0	11	0
Not Stated	7	0	0	0	7
Total	144	6	22	109	7
NOT STATED
White	16	0	2	11	3
Black	8	2	2	4	0
Other	3	0	1	2	0
Not Stated	2	0	0	2	0
Total	29	2	5	19	3
TOTAL	113,332	1,816	6,871	101,984	2,661