Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1999

TABLE N12. LIVE BIRTHS BY ATTENDANT AND AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1999
AGE OF MOTHER	DOCTOR OF MEDICINE		DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY		CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE		OTHER MIDWIFE OR OTHER ATTENDANT		NOT STATED
AGE OF MOTHER	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
10-19	6,500	77.5	754	9.0	1,025	12.2	50	0.6	63	0.8
20-24	14,837	80.4	1,602	8.7	1,587	8.6	88	0.5	337	1.8
25-29	24,142	83.8	2,171	7.5	1,519	5.3	86	0.3	899	3.1
30-34	29,864	84.5	2,332	6.6	1,297	3.7	110	0.3	1,741	4.9
35-39	15,959	84.6	1,124	6.0	644	3.4	63	0.3	1,080	5.7
40+	3,282	83.8	202	5.2	129	3.3	21	0.5	284	7.2
NOT STATED	1	5.6	1	5.6	0	0.0	4	22.2	12	66.7
TOTAL	94,585	83.1	8,186	7.2	6,201	5.4	422	0.4	4,416	3.9


RACE/ ETHNICITY	DOCTOR OF MEDICINE		DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY		CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE		OTHER MIDWIFE OR OTHER ATTENDANT		NOT STATED
RACE/ ETHNICITY	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
WHITE NON-HISPANIC	52,091	83.5	5,321	8.5	3,349	5.4	204	0.3	1,430	2.3
BLACK NON-HISPANIC	15,846	85.0	1,425	7.6	1,102	5.9	117	0.6	144	0.8
HISPANIC	18,302	87.1	1,142	5.4	1,477	7.0	70	0.3	18	0.1
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER
NON-HISPANIC	7,332	93.9	219	2.8	195	2.5	24	0.3	38	0.5
OTHER NON-HISPANIC	659	86.3	50	6.5	53	6.9	1	0.1	1	0.1
NOT STATED	355	11.1	29	0.9	25	0.8	6	0.2	2,785	87.0
TOTAL	94,585	83.1	8,186	7.2	6,201	5.4	422	0.4	4,416	3.9