TABLE N46. MEDICAL RISK FACTORS BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE/ETHNICITY AND MEDICAL RISK FACTORS	TOTAL		PERCENTAGES BY AGE GROUP
	NO.	%	10-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-59
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
None	38,971	61.2	59.2	63.3	64.2	61.9	57.8	48.7
Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)	670	1.1	2.5	1.7	1.0	1.0	0.8	**
Cardiac Disease	1,515	2.4	13.1	1.3	2.1	2.6	2.9	3.3
Acute or Chronic Lung Disease	1,592	2.5	4.6	3.9	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.5
Diabetes	2,307	3.6	1.3	2.1	2.9	3.7	5.1	6.2
Genital Herpes	677	1.1	**	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.6
Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases	835	1.3	5.4	2.4	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9
Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios	845	1.3	1.8	1.8	1.3	1.1	1.4	2.5
Hemoglobinopathy	137	0.2	**	**	0.1	0.3	0.2	**
Hypertension, Chronic	411	0.6	**	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.6
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Associated	1,930	3.0	3.7	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.0	4.4
Eclampsia	29	0.0	**	**	**	**	**	**
Incompetent Cervix	287	0.5	**	**	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.3
Previous Infant 4000+ Grams	893	1.4	**	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.8	2.4
Previous Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant	732	1.1	**	1.1	10.6	1.2	1.3	1.2
Renal Disease	511	0.8	1.6	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.0
Rh Sensitization	247	0.4	**	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	**
Uterine Bleeding	325	0.5	**	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	**
Other Risk Factor	13,220	20.8	21.3	19.3	18.8	20.4	23.3	28.8
BLACK NON-HISPANIC
None	9,054	47.8	49.0	49.1	49.4	47.0	42.9	35.7
Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)	719	3.8	5.6	4.3	3.3	2.5	2.7	5.0
Cardiac Disease	256	1.4	1.0	0.9	1.3	1.9	1.9	**
Acute or Chronic Lung Disease	792	4.2	4.8	5.2	4.2	3.1	2.9	**
Diabetes	764	4.0	1.2	2.1	4.0	6.4	8.3	11.3
Genital Herpes	216	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.1	**	**
Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases	1,436	7.6	14.0	8.8	6.0	4.1	4.2	**
Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios	415	2.2	2.5	2.1	2.3	2.0	2.0	**
Hemoglobinopathy	197	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.4	**	**
Hypertension, Chronic	296	1.6	**	0.6	1.3	2.5	4.0	7.0
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Associated	737	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.8	5.1	7.8
Eclampsia	27	0.1	**	**	**	**	**	**
Incompetent Cervix	210	1.1	**	1.0	1.3	1.8	1.6	**
Previous Infant 4000+ Grams	112	0.6	**	**	0.8	0.8	1.2	**
Previous Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant	541	2.9	1.2	3.1	3.2	3.5	3.5	**
Renal Disease	175	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	**	**
Rh Sensitization	86	0.5	**	0.6	**	**	**	**
Uterine Bleeding	125	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	**	**	**
Other Risk Factor	5,341	28.2	25.8	27.9	27.9	29.6	30.9	31.9
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
HISPANIC
None	12,133	60.3	59.3	61.4	63.0	59.8	53.7	51.3
Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)	450	2.2	3.4	3.3	1.8	1.3	1.1	**
Cardiac Disease	205	1.0	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.4	1.4	**
Acute or Chronic Lung Disease	672	3.3	5.1	3.9	2.8	2.4	2.5	**
Diabetes	839	4.2	1.0	2.0	4.1	6.3	9.2	13.4
Genital Herpes	114	0.6	**	0.7	0.5	0.7	**	**
Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases	669	3.3	6.2	4.0	2.8	1.8	1.6	**
Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios	382	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.1	**
Hemoglobinopathy	68	0.3	**	0.5	**	**	**	**
Hypertension, Chronic	95	0.5	**	**	0.4	0.6	1.4	**
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Associated	535	2.7	2.9	2.5	2.4	2.5	3.4	**
Eclampsia	24	0.1	**	**	**	**	**	**
Incompetent Cervix	68	0.3	**	**	0.4	0.6	**	**
Previous Infant 4000+ Grams	148	0.7	**	**	1.1	0.9	1.6	**
Previous Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant	304	1.5	0.8	1.4	17.0	1.9	1.7	**
Renal Disease	222	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.0	0.9	**	**
Rh Sensitization	107	0.5	**	0.6	0.5	0.1	**	**
Uterine Bleeding	88	0.4	**	0.4	0.4	**	**	**
Other Risk Factor	4,735	23.5	23.9	22.3	21.8	24.5	27.7	29.8
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
None	5,007	67.7	69.5	70.4	72.4	67.4	60.9	50.0
Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)	73	1.0	**	**	1.0	0.9	**	**
Cardiac Disease	67	0.9	**	**	**	1.0	**	**
Acute or Chronic Lung Disease	103	1.4	**	**	1.1	1.1	2.1	**
Diabetes	582	7.9	**	5.2	6.2	7.9	10.9	19.8
Genital Herpes	17	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases	59	0.8	**	**	0.9	**	**	**
Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios	77	1.0	**	**	1.1	0.9	**	**
Hemoglobinopathy	7	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Hypertension, Chronic	43	0.6	**	**	**	**	**	**
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Associated	151	2.0	**	**	1.7	1.9	2.5	**
Eclampsia	8	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Incompetent Cervix	27	0.4	**	**	**	**	**	**
Previous Infant 4000+ Grams	30	0.4	**	**	**	**	**	**
Previous Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant	59	0.8	**	**	**	0.8	**	**
Renal Disease	31	0.4	**	**	**	**	**	**
Rh Sensitization	5	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Uterine Bleeding	30	0.4	**	**	**	**	**	**
Other Risk Factor	1,271	17.2	21.1	15.4	13.8	18.0	210.5	27.8
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
TOTAL
None	65,827	57.8	55.1	58.5	61.2	58.7	53.9	45.3
Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)	1,932	1.7	4.0	2.9	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.1
Cardiac Disease	2,054	1.8	1.1	1.0	1.6	2.2	2.4	2.6
Acute or Chronic Lung Disease	3,188	2.8	4.8	4.1	2.6	2.2	2.2	2.6
Diabetes	4,564	4.0	1.2	2.2	3.6	4.5	6.1	8.3
Genital Herpes	1,034	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.2
Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases	3,033	2.7	9.1	4.5	2.2	1.3	1.4	1.3
Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios	1,738	1.5	2.1	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.4	2.1
Hemoglobinopathy	414	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	**
Hypertension, Chronic	854	0.8	**	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.3	2.2
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Associated	3,385	3.0	3.4	2.9	2.8	2.8	3.1	4.6
Eclampsia	90	0.1	**	0.1	0.1	**	**	**
Incompetent Cervix	596	0.5	**	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.0
Previous Infant 4000+ Grams	1,189	1.0	**	0.5	0.9	1.3	1.6	1.8
Previous Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant	1,651	1.5	0.9	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.2
Renal Disease	945	0.8	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9
Rh Sensitization	447	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	**
Uterine Bleeding	573	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Other Risk Factor	24,808	21.8	23.9	22.1	20.0	21.1	23.5	27.7
Total by race/ethnicity and total by age includes race/ethnicity not stated and/or age not stated.
Percentages are computed per 100 age/race/ethnicity-specific births.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.