TABLE
N47. OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES PERFORMED
BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1999 |
| RACE/ETHNICITY
AND PROCEDURES |
TOTAL |
PERCENTAGES
BY AGE GROUP |
| NO. |
% |
10-19 |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-34 |
35-39 |
40+ |
| WHITE
NON-HISPANIC |
| None |
229 |
0.4
|
** |
** |
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
1.2
|
| Amniocentesis |
6,701 |
10.7
|
1.1
|
1.4
|
2.6
|
5.9
|
30.2
|
37.6
|
| Electronic
Fetal Monitoring |
58,697 |
94.1
|
95.5
|
95.4
|
94.5
|
93.7
|
93.6
|
92.9
|
| Induction
of Labor |
12,219 |
19.6
|
18.1
|
18.5
|
20.6
|
19.4
|
19.4
|
20.1
|
| Stimulation
of Labor |
20,258 |
32.5
|
36.7
|
35.2
|
34.8
|
32.5
|
28.7
|
27.0
|
| Tocolysis |
1,206 |
1.9
|
3.1
|
1.9
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
| Ultrasound |
58,190 |
93.3
|
94.4
|
93.1
|
93.7
|
93.3
|
92.9
|
91.2
|
| Other Procedure |
17,925 |
28.7
|
35.6
|
29.0
|
30.4
|
29.0
|
25.7
|
25.4
|
| BLACK
NON-HISPANIC |
| None |
151 |
0.8
|
1.0
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
1.1
|
** |
** |
| Amniocentesis |
759 |
4.1
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
2.5
|
3.2
|
17.8
|
21.3
|
| Electronic
Fetal Monitoring |
17,762 |
95.3
|
96.7
|
96.1
|
95.4
|
94.5
|
93.5
|
91.9
|
| Induction
of Labor |
3,219 |
17.3
|
17.3
|
17.9
|
17.1
|
16.5
|
16.7
|
19.8
|
| Stimulation
of Labor |
6,050 |
32.5
|
36.0
|
34.3
|
33.6
|
29.0
|
28.4
|
22.2
|
| Tocolysis |
543 |
2.9
|
2.9
|
2.8
|
3.2
|
3.0
|
2.3
|
** |
| Ultrasound |
17,331 |
93.0
|
92.9
|
94.1
|
94.0
|
92.6
|
90.4
|
87.8
|
| Other Procedure |
3,662 |
19.7
|
27.0
|
19.8
|
17.2
|
17.9
|
18.2
|
13.0
|
| HISPANIC |
| None |
54 |
0.3
|
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
| Amniocentesis |
835 |
4.0
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
2.0
|
3.3
|
19.5
|
23.1
|
| Electronic
Fetal Monitoring |
20,423 |
97.2
|
97.5
|
97.5
|
96.9
|
97.3
|
97.0
|
95.9
|
| Induction
of Labor |
3,119 |
14.8
|
14.7
|
14.4
|
14.9
|
14.4
|
16.5
|
18.3
|
| Stimulation
of Labor |
6,692 |
31.9
|
35.7
|
34.2
|
31.5
|
30.4
|
25.4
|
21.3
|
| Tocolysis |
374 |
1.8
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
** |
| Ultrasound |
20,156 |
95.9
|
95.8
|
95.7
|
96.0
|
96.3
|
96.1
|
95.0
|
| Other Procedure |
5,410 |
25.8
|
31.4
|
26.5
|
25.5
|
23.2
|
22.0
|
20.8
|
| ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC |
| None |
18 |
0.2
|
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
| Amniocentesis |
718 |
9.2
|
** |
** |
2.6
|
4.8
|
31.8
|
39.2
|
| Electronic
Fetal Monitoring |
7,530 |
96.4
|
98.0
|
96.6
|
97.0
|
96.5
|
95.2
|
95.4
|
| Induction
of Labor |
1,292 |
16.5
|
** |
14.6
|
16.9
|
16.9
|
16.3
|
16.7
|
| Stimulation
of Labor |
2,937 |
37.6
|
37.0
|
41.1
|
41.2
|
37.6
|
30.2
|
26.3
|
| Tocolysis |
113 |
1.4
|
** |
** |
1.6
|
1.3
|
** |
** |
| Ultrasound |
7,382 |
94.5
|
93.0
|
94.8
|
95.3
|
94.2
|
93.5
|
95.4
|
| Other Procedure |
2,953 |
37.8
|
38.0
|
43.5
|
41.4
|
36.6
|
30.8
|
30.4
|
| TOTAL |
| None |
468 |
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
1.0
|
| Amniocentesis |
9,086 |
8.0
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
2.4
|
5.0
|
26.7
|
32.3
|
| Electronic
Fetal Monitoring |
105,531 |
92.7
|
96.4
|
95.2
|
93.4
|
91.6
|
90.6
|
88.7
|
| Induction
of Labor |
20,042 |
17.6
|
16.4
|
16.6
|
18.1
|
17.8
|
17.8
|
18.6
|
| Stimulation
of Labor |
36,326 |
31.9
|
35.9
|
34.5
|
33.9
|
31.3
|
27.3
|
24.4
|
| Tocolysis |
2,266 |
2.0
|
2.6
|
2.1
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.7
|
1.9
|
| Ultrasound |
104,132 |
91.5
|
94.0
|
93.1
|
92.5
|
90.8
|
89.5
|
87.0
|
| Other Procedure |
30,238 |
26.6
|
30.7
|
26.0
|
27.7
|
26.9
|
23.9
|
22.3
|
| 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. |
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