TABLE N49. BIRTH WEIGHT BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE/ETHNICITY AND AGE OF MOTHER	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT		< 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500-3,999 GRAMS	4,000+ GRAMS
	NUMBER	PERCENT
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
10-14	0	0.0	0	0	14	0
15-19	143	7.1	26	117	1,692	185
15-17	39	6.6	12	27	498	51
18-19	104	7.3	14	90	1,194	134
20-24	368	5.7	69	299	5,323	714
25-29	934	5.8	196	738	13,142	2,085
30-34	1,474	6.1	228	1,246	19,155	3,366
35-39	888	7.0	142	746	9,916	1,820
40-44	214	9.4	34	180	1,753	300
45-59	20	17.1	3	17	90	7
Total	4,042	6.3	698	3,344	51,088	8,477
BLACK NON-HISPANIC
10-14	12	12.5	2	10	83	1
15-19	443	12.8	104	339	2,901	118
15-17	190	14.3	40	150	1,105	34
18-19	253	11.9	64	189	1,796	84
20-24	590	12.4	142	448	3,894	255
25-29	616	13.4	164	452	3,684	305
30-34	573	15.5	155	418	2,857	272
35-39	324	17.0	89	235	1,429	156
40-44	62	16.4	16	46	277	35
45-59	3	15.0	1	2	13	4
Total	2,626	13.9	675	1,951	15,143	1,147
HISPANIC
10-14	5	10.4	1	4	41	2
15-19	250	8.5	43	207	2,534	147
15-17	110	10.2	22	88	924	49
18-19	140	7.6	21	119	1,610	98
20-24	355	6.3	71	284	4,852	447
25-29	363	6.9	57	306	4,362	520
30-34	309	7.8	71	238	3,231	425
35-39	152	8.2	40	112	1,483	227
40-44	32	8.2	5	27	323	37
45-59	4	23.5	1	3	12	1
Total	1,471	7.3	290	1,181	16,838	1,806
TABLE N49. BIRTH WEIGHT BY AGE AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF MOTHER
NEW JERSEY, 1998 (CONTINUED)
RACE/ETHNICITY AND AGE OF MOTHER	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT		< 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500-3,999 GRAMS	4,000+ GRAMS
	NUMBER	PERCENT
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-HISPANIC
10-14	0	N/A	0	0	0	0
15-19	7	7.4	1	6	86	2
15-17	2	9.1	1	1	19	1
18-19	5	6.8	0	5	67	1
20-24	65	8.7	6	59	655	29
25-29	199	8.1	25	174	2,151	109
30-34	192	7.3	36	156	2,299	136
35-39	91	7.6	14	77	1,026	88
40-44	25	10.8	6	19	191	15
45-59	7	43.8	2	5	8	1
Total	586	7.9	90	496	6,418	380
TOTAL
10-14	18	11.3	4	14	139	3
15-19	858	9.9	181	677	7,310	464
15-17	347	11.3	78	269	2,585	139
18-19	511	9.2	103	408	4,725	325
20-24	1,398	7.8	292	1,106	14,923	1,464
25-29	2,148	7.3	449	1,699	23,604	3,041
30-34	2,589	7.3	504	2,085	27,758	4,224
35-39	1,474	8.0	291	1,183	13,969	2,311
40-44	336	9.7	63	273	2,567	391
45-59	35	19.2	7	28	123	13
Total	8,862	7.8	1,795	7,067	90,403	11,912
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.