Center for Health Statistics

By Age, By Race/Ethnicity

By Age, 2006
		AGE GROUP
CHARACTERISTICS	TOTAL	< 15	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+
TOTAL	30,986	139	2,059	3,394	9,467	7,679	4,438	2,691	1,119
MATERNAL RACE/ETHNICITY
White	7,894	23	517	1,026	2,552	1,594	980	804	398
Black	9,661	81	1,035	1,262	2,897	2,351	1,229	630	176
Hispanic or Latino	8,348	21	226	599	2,520	2,428	1,417	802	335
Asian/Pacific Islander	106	0	1	7	16	23	23	22	14
American Indian/Alaska Native	164	0	6	7	30	45	39	29	8
Other Race	4,747	13	271	489	1,440	1,230	733	390	181
Not Stated	66	1	3	4	12	8	17	14	7
MARITAL STATUS
Married	4,200	0	14	43	500	1,038	1,135	987	483
Unmarried	26,764	139	2,045	3,349	8,963	6,637	3,298	1,700	633
Not Stated	22	0	0	2	4	4	5	4	3
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
None	20,472	124	1,752	2,645	6,389	4,594	2,624	1,630	714
One	5,402	15	243	540	1,727	1,357	782	524	214
Two	2,790	0	48	157	818	858	498	300	111
Three or More	2,301	0	15	51	532	863	527	235	78
Not Stated	21	0	1	1	1	7	7	2	2
GESTATIONAL AGE (in weeks)
<7	8,131	24	367	752	2,276	2,172	1,366	809	365
7	5,251	10	280	498	1,595	1,353	813	504	198
8	4,402	16	267	443	1,315	1,109	677	418	157
9	2,870	15	208	331	899	711	390	239	77
10	2,060	9	146	234	684	511	266	145	65
11	1,036	7	94	126	330	236	138	82	23
12	752	11	72	117	212	177	78	59	26
13	1,723	7	137	231	603	379	210	111	45
14	711	5	71	93	223	174	86	40	19
15	724	7	55	96	230	176	87	49	24
16	688	3	74	96	207	170	67	54	17
17	545	1	68	83	198	109	38	31	17
18	407	6	39	44	144	82	43	30	19
19	324	6	21	45	105	61	39	30	17
20	431	7	46	75	140	84	37	27	15
>20	931	5	114	130	306	175	103	63	35
Data for White, Black, Asian/Pacific, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Other Race do not include Hispanics/Latinos. Hispanic/Latino ethnicity includes persons of any race. Note: The true number of terminations performed in New Jersey is higher than the number reported to the state.

By Race/Ethnicity, 2006
		MATERNAL RACE/ETHNICITY
CHARACTERISTICS	TOTAL	WHITE	BLACK	HISPANIC	ASIAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER	AMERICAN INDIAN/ ALASKA NATIVE	OTHER RACE	NOT STATED
TOTAL	30,986	7,894	9,661	8,348	106	164	4,747	66
MATERNAL AGE
<15	139	23	81	21	0	0	13	1
15-17	2,059	517	1,035	226	1	6	271	3
18-19	3,394	1,026	1,262	599	7	7	489	4
20-24	9,467	2,552	2,897	2,520	16	30	1,440	12
25-29	7,679	1,594	2,351	2,428	23	45	1,230	8
30-34	4,438	980	1,229	1,417	23	39	733	17
35-39	2,691	804	630	802	22	29	390	14
40+	1,119	398	176	335	14	8	181	7
MARITAL STATUS
Married	4,200	1,194	770	1,074	70	72	992	28
Unmarried	26,764	6,693	8,884	7,269	36	92	3,753	37
Not Stated	22	7	7	5	0	0	2	1
PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS
None	20,472	4,979	4,140	6,796	77	92	4,359	29
One	5,402	1,757	2,444	884	20	41	246	10
Two	2,790	719	1,539	398	9	18	91	16
Three or More	2,301	434	1,525	268	0	13	50	11
Not Stated	21	5	13	2	0	0	1	0
GESTATIONAL AGE (in weeks)
<7	8,131	2,432	1,885	2,051	13	41	1,698	11
7	5,251	1,401	1,612	1,403	21	36	769	9
8	4,402	1,179	1,516	1,088	26	29	550	14
9	2,870	723	996	791	18	11	327	4
10	2,060	492	865	486	1	20	188	8
11	1,036	275	515	187	4	6	46	3
12	752	198	371	143	4	3	33	0
13	1,723	260	457	645	3	1	353	4
14	711	139	249	208	5	3	103	4
15	724	131	221	260	4	1	107	0
16	688	109	193	243	1	0	140	2
17	545	104	187	170	0	3	80	1
18	407	72	129	131	2	3	67	3
19	324	73	85	108	3	2	52	1
20	431	105	117	144	1	4	59	1
>20	931	201	263	290	0	1	175	1
Data for White, Black, Asian/Pacific, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Other Race do not include Hispanics/Latinos. Hispanic/Latino ethnicity includes persons of any race. Note: The true number of terminations performed in New Jersey is higher than the number reported to the state.

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