TABLE N17. METHOD OF DELIVERY BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
AGE OF MOTHER	VAGINAL		CESAREAN		NOT STATED
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
10-19	7,304	82.8	1,452	16.5	65	0.7
20-24	14,211	78.9	3,426	19.0	370	2.1
25-29	21,583	73.6	6,761	23.1	967	3.3
30-34	24,466	68.7	9,348	26.2	1,802	5.1
35-39	11,585	62.9	5,705	31.0	1,131	6.1
40-59	2,010	55.0	1,315	36.0	328	9.0
NOT STATED	4	19.0	4	19.0	13	61.9
TOTAL	81,163	71.3	28,011	24.6	4,676	4.1
RACE/ETHNICITY	VAGINAL		CESAREAN		NOT STATED
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
WHITE NON-HISPANIC	46,030	72.3	15,896	25.0	1,736	2.7
BLACK NON-HISPANIC	14,004	74.0	4,720	24.9	210	1.1
HISPANIC	14,793	73.5	5,321	26.4	15	0.1
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER
NON-HISPANIC	5,502	74.4	1,812	24.5	78	1.1
OTHER NON-HISPANIC	592	77.4	166	21.7	7	0.9
NOT STATED	242	8.2	96	3.2	2,630	88.6
TOTAL	81,163	71.3	28,011	24.6	4,676	4.1