Center for Health Statistics -

By Age 1997
			AGE GROUP
CHARACTERISTICS		TOTAL	< 15	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+	NOT STATED
TOTAL		30,654	127	1,896	3,184	9,895	7,523	4,484	2,593	923	29
RACE
	White	9,970	31	619	1,092	2,870	2,096	1,584	1,150	515	13
	Black	14,510	81	999	1,525	4,976	3,842	1,952	912	215	8
	Other	5,016	7	205	407	1,644	1,321	810	449	172	1
	Not Stated	1,158	8	73	160	405	264	138	82	21	7
HISPANIC ETHNICITY
	Hispanic	5,645	19	298	571	2,033	1,457	774	357	135	1
	Non-Hispanic	24,794	108	1,584	2,596	7,817	6,014	3,666	2,208	778	23
	Not Stated	215	0	14	17	45	52	44	28	10	5
MARITAL STATUS
	Married	5,250	2	12	66	681	1,350	1,494	1,151	488	6
	Unmarried	25,321	124	1,878	3,109	9,204	6,156	2,976	1,428	432	14
	Not Stated	83	1	6	9	10	17	14	14	3	9
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
	None	12,988	108	1,433	2,043	4,331	2,442	1,401	878	340	12
	One	8,607	5	283	780	3,023	2,220	1,309	730	251	6
	Two	4,364	2	43	182	1,362	1,395	788	446	142	4
	Three or More	3,271	0	13	45	864	1,162	741	337	108	1
	Not Stated	1,424	12	124	134	315	304	245	202	82	6
GESTATION (in weeks)
	<7	6,548	12	233	489	2,009	1,767	1,132	633	266	7
	7	3,672	11	180	371	1,127	954	551	345	129	4
	8	6,004	29	364	572	1,875	1,501	934	536	190	3
	9	2,715	12	172	324	861	642	398	232	70	4
	10	2,779	17	229	303	926	657	389	194	61	3
	11	935	2	106	123	317	210	109	55	12	1
	12	1,020	11	113	142	341	222	116	60	13	2
	13	1,760	7	101	201	633	440	217	118	41	2
	14	769	6	76	113	290	147	78	39	20	0
	15	460	3	52	57	156	104	55	23	9	1
	16	1,169	7	84	158	436	267	133	67	17	0
	17	605	3	39	79	203	146	66	55	13	1
	18	444	1	26	46	141	98	65	48	19	0
	19	293	1	22	37	85	51	45	42	10	0
	20	509	0	39	51	186	102	60	48	23	0
	>20	660	3	37	77	233	148	91	54	17	0
	Not Stated	312	2	23	41	76	67	45	44	13	1
NOTE: THE TRUE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE STATE.

By Race 1997
			RACE
CHARACTERISTICS		TOTAL	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	NOT STATED
TOTAL		30,654	9,970	14,510	5,016	1,158
AGE
	<15	127	31	81	7	8
	15-17	1,896	619	999	205	73
	18-19	3,184	1,092	1,525	407	160
	20-24	9,895	2,870	4,976	1,644	405
	25-29	7,523	2,096	3,842	1,321	264
	30-34	4,484	1,584	1,952	810	138
	35-39	2,593	1,150	912	449	82
	40+	923	515	215	172	21
	Not Stated	29	13	8	1	7
GESTATION (in weeks)
	<7	6,548	2,315	2,563	1,361	309
	7	3,672	1,465	1,393	708	106
	8	6,004	1,975	2,922	805	302
	9	2,715	970	1,274	413	58
	10	2,779	767	1,515	354	143
	11	935	331	496	74	34
	12	1,020	240	656	54	70
	13	1,760	447	928	368	17
	14	769	171	467	96	35
	15	460	115	265	69	11
	16	1,169	290	651	205	23
	17	605	190	296	106	13
	18	444	138	211	89	6
	19	293	104	127	60	2
	20	509	145	258	106	0
	>20	660	176	366	117	1
	Not Stated	312	131	122	31	28
MARITAL STATUS
	Married	5,250	2,309	1,297	1,385	259
	Unmarried	25,321	7,627	13,190	3,627	877
	Not Stated	83	34	23	4	22
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
	None	12,988	5,025	5,071	2,380	512
	One	8,607	2,588	4,255	1,457	307
	Two	4,364	1,106	2,502	631	125
	Three or More	3,271	582	2,174	390	125
	Not Stated	1,424	669	508	185	62
NOTE:THE TRUE NUMBER OF TERMINATIONS PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE STATE.