TABLE
N27. LIVE-BIRTH ORDER BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW
JERSEY, 1999 |
| RACE/ETHNICITY
OF MOTHER AND LIVE-BIRTH ORDER |
TOTAL |
AGE
GROUP |
| 10-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35+ |
| NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
NO. |
% |
| WHITE
NON-HISPANIC |
| First Child |
26,418 |
42.3
|
1,737 |
87.0
|
3,784 |
59.4
|
16,881 |
43.6
|
4,010 |
26.1
|
| Second Child |
22,017 |
35.3
|
234 |
11.7
|
1,892 |
29.7
|
14,224 |
36.8
|
5,666 |
36.9
|
| Third Child |
9,689 |
15.5
|
19 |
1.0
|
563 |
8.8
|
5,443 |
14.1
|
3,664 |
23.9
|
| Fourth Child |
2,762 |
4.4
|
4 |
0.2
|
105 |
1.6
|
1,439 |
3.7
|
1,214 |
7.9
|
| Fifth Child
and Over |
1,457 |
2.3
|
1 |
0.1
|
23 |
0.4
|
666 |
1.7
|
766 |
5.0
|
| Not Stated |
52 |
0.1
|
1 |
0.1
|
3 |
0.0
|
23 |
0.1
|
25 |
0.2
|
| Total |
62,395 |
100.0
|
1,996 |
100.0
|
6,370 |
100.0
|
38,676 |
100.0
|
15,345 |
100.0
|
| BLACK
NON-HISPANIC |
| First Child |
7,042 |
37.8
|
2,373 |
76.2
|
2,089 |
41.9
|
2,102 |
25.7
|
473 |
20.1
|
| Second Child |
5,696 |
30.6
|
619 |
19.9
|
1,724 |
34.6
|
2,654 |
32.5
|
699 |
29.7
|
| Third Child |
3,240 |
17.4
|
106 |
3.4
|
795 |
15.9
|
1,803 |
22.1
|
536 |
22.8
|
| Fourth Child |
1,402 |
7.5
|
12 |
0.4
|
267 |
5.4
|
822 |
10.1
|
301 |
12.8
|
| Fifth Child
and Over |
1,227 |
6.6
|
4 |
0.1
|
105 |
2.1
|
780 |
9.5
|
338 |
14.4
|
| Not Stated |
27 |
0.1
|
2 |
0.1
|
7 |
0.1
|
13 |
0.2
|
5 |
0.2
|
| Total |
18,634 |
100.0
|
3,116 |
100.0
|
4,987 |
100.0
|
8,174 |
100.0
|
2,352 |
100.0
|
| HISPANIC |
| First Child |
8,414 |
40.0
|
2,378 |
78.6
|
2,822 |
48.1
|
2,786 |
28.8
|
427 |
17.5
|
| Second Child |
7,092 |
33.8
|
546 |
18.0
|
2,023 |
34.5
|
3,656 |
37.8
|
867 |
35.5
|
| Third Child |
3,626 |
17.3
|
95 |
3.1
|
752 |
12.8
|
2,118 |
21.9
|
661 |
27.1
|
| Fourth Child |
1,246 |
5.9
|
8 |
0.3
|
215 |
3.7
|
760 |
7.9
|
262 |
10.7
|
| Fifth Child
and Over |
624 |
3.0
|
0 |
0.0
|
49 |
0.8
|
351 |
3.6
|
224 |
9.2
|
| Not Stated |
7 |
0.0
|
0 |
0.0
|
1 |
0.0
|
5 |
0.1
|
1 |
0.0
|
| Total |
21,009 |
100.0
|
3,027 |
100.0
|
5,862 |
100.0
|
9,676 |
100.0
|
2,442 |
100.0
|
| ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC |
| First Child |
3,773 |
48.3
|
94 |
94.0
|
599 |
75.8
|
2,673 |
49.6
|
407 |
26.6
|
| Second Child |
2,932 |
37.6
|
6 |
6.0
|
172 |
21.8
|
2,075 |
38.5
|
679 |
44.4
|
| Third Child |
849 |
10.9
|
0 |
0.0
|
15 |
1.9
|
514 |
9.5
|
320 |
20.9
|
| Fourth Child |
178 |
2.3
|
0 |
0.0
|
3 |
0.4
|
91 |
1.7
|
84 |
5.5
|
| Fifth Child
and Over |
73 |
0.9
|
0 |
0.0
|
1 |
0.1
|
33 |
0.6
|
39 |
2.5
|
| Not Stated |
3 |
0.0
|
0 |
0.0
|
0 |
0.0
|
1 |
0.0
|
2 |
0.1
|
| Total |
7,808 |
100.0
|
100 |
100.0
|
790 |
100.0
|
5,387 |
100.0
|
1,531 |
100.0
|
| TOTAL |
| First Child |
46,150 |
40.6
|
6,687 |
79.7
|
9,412 |
51.0
|
24,662 |
38.4
|
5,377 |
23.6
|
| Second Child |
38,124 |
33.5
|
1,423 |
17.0
|
5,882 |
31.9
|
22,847 |
35.6
|
7,971 |
35.0
|
| Third Child |
17,586 |
15.5
|
224 |
2.7
|
2,145 |
11.6
|
9,982 |
15.6
|
5,235 |
23.0
|
| Fourth Child |
5,662 |
5.0
|
24 |
0.3
|
595 |
3.2
|
3,153 |
4.9
|
1,889 |
8.3
|
| Fifth Child
and Over |
3,448 |
3.0
|
5 |
0.1
|
182 |
1.0
|
1,862 |
2.9
|
1,398 |
6.1
|
| Not Stated |
2,840 |
2.5
|
29 |
0.3
|
235 |
1.3
|
1,655 |
2.6
|
918 |
4.0
|
| Total |
113,810 |
100.0
|
8,392 |
100.0
|
18,451 |
100.0
|
64,161 |
100.0
|
22,788 |
100.0
|
| Total
by race/ethnicity and total by age includes other race/ethnicity
and race/ethnicity not stated and/or age not stated. |
| Live-Birth
Order is determined from the sum of number of live births now
living + number of live births now dead on the birth certificate.
If either of these is not stated, the sum is considered not stated. |
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