Table 3.

Percent Distribution of Live Births to Women aged 20–39 years old by Race/Ethnicity and Age

	US Census data (2008)						BPD Study sample
Number of Live Births:	0	1	2	3	4	5+	0	1	2	3	4	5+
White Women
20–24 years old	73%	16%	8%	2%	.5%	.1%	94%	4%	1%	-	1%	-
25–29 years old	48%	22%	19%	8%	3%	.5%	74%	7%	9%	4%	4%	2%
30–34 years old	27%	21%	30%	15%	5%	2%	67%	11%	11%	-	7%	4%
35–39 years old	20%	18%	34%	19%	8%	3%	30%	15%	33%	19%	-	4%
African-American Women
20–24 years old	57%	26%	11%	4%	2%	.7%	52%	28%	13%	4%	-	2%
25–29 years old	33%	25%	23%	13%	3%	3%	37%	22%	22%	11%	4%	4%
30–34 years old	24%	19%	25%	19%	8%	5%	19%	19%	24%	19%	10%	10%
35–39 years old	18%	21%	22%	23%	10%	7%	21%	25%	11%	14%	7%	21%

Note: BPD = Borderline personality disorder