TABLE 3-2. FETAL DEATHS BY AGE, AND RACE/ETHNIC GROUP 1 OF MOTHER, CALIFORNIA, 2005
(By Place of Residence)
NON-HISPANIC
AGE OF
TOTAL HISPANIC ASIAN /
MOTHER AMERICAN OTHER
PACIFIC BLACK WHITE UNKNOWN
INDIAN RACE
ISLANDER
TOTAL 3,011 1,519 2 297 353 808 3 29
UNDER 15 7 3 - - 1 3 - -
15-19 314 208 1 9 51 44 - 1
15 15 9 - 1 4 1 - -
16 42 35 - 1 3 3 - -
17 55 36 1 - 9 9 - -
18 91 59 - 1 14 17 - -
19 111 69 - 6 21 14 - 1
20-24 581 355 - 34 86 100 1 5
25-29 719 374 1 68 81 190 - 5
30-34 652 298 - 83 78 190 - 3
35-39 496 184 - 79 40 190 - 3
40-44 198 85 - 20 12 78 2 1
45 AND OVER 14 3 - 4 1 6 - -
UNKNOWN 30 9 - - 3 7 - 11
- Represents zero events.
1
The race and ethnic groups in this table utilize nine mutually exclusive race and ethnicity categories. These
categories are Hispanic and the following Non-Hispanic categories of Two or More Races, American Indian
(includes Eskimo and Aleut), Asian, Black, Pacific Islander (includes Hawaiian), White, Other Race, and
Unknown (includes refused to state). These groups are not comparable with race groups used in Vital Statistics
of California reports prior to 2000. See Chapter 6.
Note: Includes only those fetal deaths of 20 weeks or more gestation.
Source: State of California, Department of Public Health, Fetal Death Records.