TABLE N48. OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES PERFORMED BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE/ETHNICITY AND PROCEDURES	TOTAL		PERCENTAGES BY AGE GROUP
	NO.	%	10-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-59
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
None	146	0.2	**	**	0.2	0.2	0.3	**
Amniocentesis	7,410	11.6	1.6	1.4	3.0	6.6	33.3	42.5
Electronic Fetal Monitoring	60,050	94.3	96.4	95.7	94.9	94.3	93.2	91.1
Induction of Labor	12,234	19.2	18.1	18.9	19.5	19.1	19.4	19.2
Stimulation of Labor	20,944	32.9	38.3	37.5	34.9	32.4	29.3	26.4
Tocolysis	1,444	2.3	2.9	2.4	2.5	2.1	2.0	2.4
Ultrasound	38,525	60.5	54.9	58.5	59.6	60.3	63.1	65.7
Other Procedure	21,791	34.2	41.0	36.2	35.6	34.8	30.7	26.4
BLACK NON-HISPANIC
None	148	0.8	**	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.2	**
Amniocentesis	837	4.4	1.2	1.7	2.2	4.3	18.0	27.6
Electronic Fetal Monitoring	18,052	95.3	96.9	96.5	95.7	94.0	93.0	89.9
Induction of Labor	3,021	16.0	16.4	15.9	16.0	15.5	15.6	17.3
Stimulation of Labor	6,242	33.0	36.0	35.9	33.4	29.7	26.7	26.6
Tocolysis	625	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.1	3.2	3.7	**
Ultrasound	13,623	71.9	65.9	72.6	74.3	73.5	72.5	74.9
Other Procedure	4,117	21.7	29.3	21.8	19.4	19.8	18.6	14.1
HISPANIC
None	56	0.3	**	0.4	**	**	**	**
Amniocentesis	919	4.6	1.2	1.4	2.0	4.1	22.6	28.1
Electronic Fetal Monitoring	19,601	97.4	97.2	97.7	97.4	97.1	97.5	95.8
Induction of Labor	2,750	13.7	13.7	13.9	13.4	13.7	13.4	15.4
Stimulation of Labor	6,704	33.3	37.4	34.9	33.1	31.6	27.6	25.9
Tocolysis	442	2.2	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.2	2.8	**
Ultrasound	13,730	68.2	60.2	66.4	70.1	71.3	73.7	72.9
Other Procedure	5,845	29.0	37.4	30.6	27.4	26.5	22.5	22.0
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
None	9	0.1	**	**	**	**	**	**
Amniocentesis	750	10.1	**	**	2.4	6.8	33.4	38.7
Electronic Fetal Monitoring	7,111	96.2	98.9	96.7	96.7	95.2	96.3	98.8
Induction of Labor	1,132	15.3	**	15.0	16.4	15.7	13.4	14.5
Stimulation of Labor	2,792	37.8	43.2	40.6	40.2	37.6	33.2	27.4
Tocolysis	112	1.5	**	**	1.3	1.6	1.9	**
Ultrasound	3,872	52.4	61.1	47.9	49.0	52.4	58.5	65.7
Other Procedure	3,279	44.4	34.7	49.7	47.8	44.2	38.0	30.6
TOTAL
None	364	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	**
Amniocentesis	9,987	8.8	1.3	1.5	2.6	5.9	29.4	36.8
Electronic Fetal Monitoring	105,870	93.0	96.7	95.4	94.0	91.9	90.4	87.5
Induction of Labor	19,312	17.0	15.8	16.1	17.2	17.3	17.2	17.3
Stimulation of Labor	37,052	32.5	36.9	36.0	34.2	31.5	28.1	25.0
Tocolysis	2,656	2.3	2.9	2.5	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.2
Ultrasound	70,460	61.9	61.1	63.6	61.9	60.6	62.6	64.3
Other Procedure	35,363	31.1	34.8	30.8	31.9	32.0	27.9	23.5
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.