TABLE M41. INFANT MORTALITY BY RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1989-1998
YEAR	TOTAL		WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC		ASIAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
1989	1,140	9.4	497	6.6	445	20.1	117	6.8	19	**
1990	1,093	8.9	452	5.9	391	17.3	155	9.3	26	7.0
1991	1,070	8.8	445	6.0	405	17.8	128	7.4	23	5.5
1992	1,011	8.4	393	5.4	395	17.7	123	7.1	34	7.0
1993	995	8.4	399	5.6	371	17.2	131	7.5	25	5.2
1994	919	7.8	362	5.2	357	16.7	122	6.9	21	4.2
1995	776	6.7	330	4.8	253	13.0	124	6.7	25	4.4
1996	792	6.9	288	4.4	288	15.1	136	7.1	32	4.8
1997	727	6.4	260	4.0	269	14.2	121	6.3	20	2.8
1998	728	6.4	264	4.1	240	12.7	121	6.0	47	6.4
Rates are calculated per 1,000 race/ethnicity-specific births.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
Of the 47 Asian/Pacific Islander infant deaths in 1998, 26 were to Indians. This group accounts for most of the increase from 1997.