Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1999

TABLE M47. FETAL MORTALITY BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1999
CHARACTERISTICS	TOTAL		WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC
CHARACTERISTICS	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
PLURALITY
Singleton	749	6.8	310	5.2	249	13.7	149	7.2
Multiple	97	20.1	55	17.6	26	36.9	12	**
BIRTHWEIGHT (IN GRAMS)
<1,500	466	191.5	175	173.6	180	205.2	89	224.2
1,500-2,499	86	12.0	39	11.5	24	12.4	20	16.3
2,500+	124	1.2	59	1.0	31	1.9	29	1.5
CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF GESTATION
20-27 weeks	464	326.3	199	364.5	162	295.1	81	324.0
28-31 weeks	86	71.0	34	62.7	32	78.0	17	**
32-36 weeks	116	12.7	47	10.3	30	13.8	29	16.6
37-41 weeks	139	1.5	65	1.2	41	2.7	28	1.5
42+ weeks	2	**	1	**	1	**	0	**
TRIMESTER PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
First	511	5.9	252	4.7	149	13.2	83	5.9
Second	84	5.6	16	**	36	8.4	31	6.7
Third	24	6.2	9	**	7	**	7	**
No Care	53	44.4	9	**	30	44.2	11	**
AGE OF MOTHER
Under 20	76	9.0	19	**	35	11.1	20	6.6
20-24	127	6.8	33	5.2	57	11.3	34	5.8
25-29	205	7.1	96	6.2	58	12.8	41	7.4
30-34	223	6.3	114	4.8	67	17.8	31	7.4
35-39	152	8.0	77	6.0	43	22.3	20	9.9
40-44	30	8.1	14	**	6	**	8	**
MARITAL STATUS
Married	497	6.2	289	5.3	100	15.8	72	6.9
Unmarried	308	9.6	60	7.4	162	12.9	82	7.6
MATERNAL SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
Yes	113	9.8	42	5.6	52	20.1	18	**
No	676	7.0	297	5.6	206	12.9	134	6.8
Rates are computed per 1,000 characteristic-specific and race/ethnicity-specific live births plus fetal deaths.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.