TABLE N51. BIRTH WEIGHT FOR SELECTED MUNICIPALITIES
NEW JERSEY, 1998
COUNTY	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT		< 1,500 GRAMS	1,500-2,499 GRAMS	2,500-3,999 GRAMS	4,000+ GRAMS	NOT STATED
	NUMBER	PERCENT
ATLANTIC CITY	98	11.7	22	76	682	53	3
BAYONNE	53	7.8	9	44	551	64	14
BERKELEY TWP (Ocean Co.)	11	5.6	6	5	158	25	1
BLOOMFIELD	34	5.9	9	25	452	65	21
BRICK TWP	67	7.4	16	51	702	130	12
BRIDGEWATER	33	5.7	*	33	467	73	*
CAMDEN	233	12.9	60	173	1,483	94	3
CHERRY HILL	34	4.9	5	29	572	88	1
CLIFTON	58	6.2	9	49	762	97	20
DOVER TWP (Ocean Co.)	60	6.6	10	50	745	102	4
EAST BRUNSWICK	41	7.8	7	34	426	38	20
EAST ORANGE	167	14.3	50	117	925	72	3
EDISON	103	7.5	12	91	1,129	108	30
ELIZABETH	194	9.4	39	155	1,679	163	18
EVESHAM	24	4.3	*	21	460	69	*
FRANKLIN TWP (Somerset Co.)	72	8.3	20	52	682	95	16
GLOUCESTER TWP (Camden Co.)	15	9.8	*	14	119	19	*
HACKENSACK	46	7.9	10	36	455	57	27
HAMILTON TWP (Mercer Co.)	89	8.8	22	67	809	115	2
HOWELL TWP	41	5.6	*	37	580	93	*
IRVINGTON	157	13.6	46	111	889	97	8
JACKSON TWP (Ocean Co.)	62	9.4	11	51	516	77	5
JERSEY CITY	426	11.0	94	332	2,973	248	238
KEARNY	28	5.7	*	25	385	63	*
LAKEWOOD	78	4.6	12	66	1,266	164	194
LINDEN	33	8.0	8	25	331	45	4
MANCHESTER TWP	15	8.3	*	14	141	23	*
MIDDLETOWN (Monmouth Co.)	61	7.2	7	54	634	124	31
MONTCLAIR	40	8.0	7	33	336	50	76
MOUNT LAUREL	29	6.5	5	24	352	67	1
NEW BRUNSWICK	78	7.7	13	65	843	88	7
NEWARK	627	13.2	137	490	3,808	296	17
NORTH BERGEN	64	8.2	9	55	620	68	30
NORTH BRUNSWICK	39	7.8	*	35	405	52	*
OLD BRIDGE	51	6.2	9	42	627	83	64
PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS	31	4.8	5	26	529	82	5
PASSAIC (Passaic Co.)	128	8.9	23	105	1,185	92	29
PATERSON	273	9.1	67	206	2,527	198	10
PERTH AMBOY	66	7.9	16	50	688	76	6
PISCATAWAY	40	6.2	6	34	531	69	8
PLAINFIELD	89	10.3	24	65	722	47	5
SAYREVILLE	31	6.1	11	20	392	61	25
TEANECK	36	6.9	11	25	376	42	69
TRENTON	187	13.0	44	143	1,170	82	3
UNION CITY (Hudson Co.)	77	7.4	19	58	843	96	24
UNION TWP (Union Co.)	49	8.6	10	39	456	59	5
VINELAND	48	6.5	16	32	621	67	0
WASHINGTON TWP (Gloucester Co.)	45	8.9	6	39	390	71	0
WAYNE	33	5.3	*	30	513	56	*
WEST NEW YORK	44	5.9	9	35	612	75	20
WEST ORANGE	39	6.9	10	29	465	47	15
WILLINGBORO	38	9.2	8	30	334	43	0
WOODBRIDGE	95	7.8	21	74	960	127	31
Municipalities were chosen based on population size (>35,000).
* Cell values under five are not releasable at the municipality level.

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