Center for Health Statistics - New Jersey Health Statistics 1999

TABLE N34. MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN BY GESTATION AND BIRTH WEIGHT NEW JERSEY, 1999
WEEKS OF GESTATION	MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN (IN POUNDS)
	<16		16-20		21-25		26-30		31-35		36-40		41+
	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%
<28	353	36.8	111	11.6	68	7.1	52	5.4	29	3.0	16	1.7	16	1.7
28-31	281	25.0	153	13.6	108	9.6	93	8.3	65	5.8	60	5.3	78	6.9
32-36	1,356	15.0	1,095	12.1	1,204	13.3	1,281	14.2	905	10.0	799	8.8	1,189	13.2
37-41	10,465	10.9	10,438	10.9	13,795	14.4	16,946	17.7	12,680	13.3	11,023	11.5	14,679	15.4
42+	150	8.7	148	8.6	214	12.4	306	17.8	220	12.8	233	13.6	367	21.3
NOT STATED	2,336	43.5	25	0.5	33	0.6	40	0.7	27	0.5	18	0.3	42	0.8
TOTAL	14,941	13.1	11,970	10.5	15,422	13.6	18,718	16.4	13,926	12.2	12,149	10.7	16,371	14.4


BIRTH WEIGHT (GRAMS)	MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN (IN POUNDS)
	<16		16-20		21-25		26-30		31-35		36-40		41+
	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%
<1500	664	33.7	235	11.9	143	7.3	139	7.1	84	4.3	79	4.0	101	5.1
1500-2499	1,342	18.9	865	12.2	921	13.0	934	13.2	664	9.4	521	7.3	885	12.5
2500-3999	11,797	13.1	9,994	11.1	13,165	14.6	15,784	17.5	11,576	12.8	9,904	11.0	12,662	14.0
4000+	1,115	9.6	869	7.5	1,183	10.2	1,849	16.0	1,592	13.8	1,641	14.2	2,711	23.4
NOT STATED	23	0.8	7	0.2	10	0.4	12	0.4	10	0.4	4	0.1	12	0.4
TOTAL	14,941	13.1	11,970	10.5	15,422	13.6	18,718	16.4	13,926	12.2	12,149	10.7	16,371	14.4
Maternal weight gain was not stated on 10,313 (9.1%) of records. Cases where maternal weight gain was not stated are not displayed here, however they are used in the calculation of percentages.