Center for Health Statistics - New Jersey Health Statistics 1999

TABLE N51. BIRTH WEIGHT FOR SELECTED MUNICIPALITIES OF RESIDENCE NEW JERSEY, 1999
MUNICIPALITY	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT		< 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500-3,999 GRAMS	4,000+ GRAMS	NOT STATED
MUNICIPALITY	NUMBER	PERCENT	< 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500-3,999 GRAMS	4,000+ GRAMS	NOT STATED
ATLANTIC CITY	85	11.4	26	59	613	45	2
BAYONNE	53	6.9	11	42	636	63	16
BERKELEY TWP (Ocean Co.)	15	6.9	*	*	169	30	2
BLOOMFIELD	47	8.2	15	32	433	75	18
BRICK TWP	62	6.9	14	48	722	110	5
BRIDGEWATER	27	4.0	*	*	569	64	10
CAMDEN	222	12.0	54	168	1,528	98	3
CHERRY HILL	47	6.4	10	37	606	74	2
CLIFTON	64	6.8	12	52	754	96	23
DOVER TWP (Ocean Co.)	68	7.4	14	54	737	109	2
EAST BRUNSWICK	33	7.0	5	28	369	52	17
EAST ORANGE	177	14.7	36	141	934	85	6
EDISON	70	5.6	9	61	1,059	84	35
ELIZABETH	182	9.1	44	138	1,628	163	24
EVESHAM	36	6.0	11	25	487	80	0
FRANKLIN TWP (Somerset Co.)	75	9.2	20	55	653	75	10
GLOUCESTER TWP (Camden Co.)	45	6.1	11	34	579	117	1
HACKENSACK	48	7.9	13	35	482	57	21
HAMILTON TWP (Mercer Co.)	66	6.8	11	55	812	99	0
HILLSBOROUGH	30	5.4	*	*	443	75	5
HOWELL TWP	45	6.7	12	33	533	81	16
IRVINGTON	150	13.8	41	109	850	77	12
JACKSON TWP (Ocean Co.)	47	7.3	8	39	498	79	16
JERSEY CITY	387	10.1	65	322	2,929	290	235
LAKEWOOD	77	4.3	8	69	1,334	160	213
LINDEN	33	6.7	6	27	411	41	4
MANCHESTER TWP	15	10.0	6	9	115	19	1
MARLBORO	33	7.5	6	27	318	34	55
MIDDLETOWN (Monmouth Co.)	43	5.1	6	37	676	89	43
MONTCLAIR	45	8.3	10	35	382	54	58
MOUNT LAUREL	28	5.7	*	*	384	75	2
NEW BRUNSWICK	99	10.6	28	71	764	73	2
NEWARK	648	13.5	159	489	3,806	319	33
NORTH BERGEN	40	5.2	13	27	626	67	36
NORTH BRUNSWICK	29	5.4	*	*	436	60	9
OLD BRIDGE	51	6.8	*	*	563	85	49
PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS	48	7.2	8	40	542	73	5
PASSAIC (Passaic Co.)	102	6.7	18	84	1,260	125	28
PATERSON	280	9.6	63	217	2,428	203	14
PERTH AMBOY	67	8.5	16	51	643	70	6
PISCATAWAY	52	7.7	9	43	561	54	11
PLAINFIELD	88	10.9	28	60	660	60	3
SAYREVILLE	51	9.0	13	38	425	67	25
TEANECK	19	4.0	7	12	336	39	81
TRENTON	168	11.3	50	118	1,209	107	7
UNION CITY (Hudson Co.)	65	5.8	15	50	916	122	22
UNION TWP (Union Co.)	41	7.7	10	31	430	51	9
VINELAND	65	8.6	19	46	622	73	0
WASHINGTON TWP (Gloucester Co.)	38	9.4	*	*	317	48	1
WAYNE	36	6.2	*	*	467	64	12
WEST NEW YORK	32	4.9	6	26	554	54	18
WEST ORANGE	58	9.3	11	47	473	64	26
WOODBRIDGE	103	8.3	18	85	1,007	108	24
Municipalities were chosen based on population size (>35,000).
* Cell values under five are not releasable at the municipality level.

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