Table 2.

Age and race/ethnicity of women giving birth in the NCS by eligibility status at the time of consent

		Status at consent
		High non-tryer	High tryer	Pregnant
		%	%	%
Age, years	<18	0	0	1.4
	18–19	*	0	3.3
	20–34	90.9	83.7	76.5
	35+	*	16.3	18.7
	Mean (standard deviation)	27.7 (4.0)	30.7 (4.1)	29.2 (5.7)
Race/ethnicity	Asian, non-Hispanic	*	*	4.2
	Black, non-Hispanic	*	*	6.4
	Hispanic	22.7	10.2	20.0
	Other^	20.5	20.4	8.0
	White, non-Hispanic	50.0	67.3	61.5

*Cell counts are too small to display. (Despite age eligibility criteria for high non-tryers, the cell counts for age 35+ are not zero)

^includes women who report two or more races. For age categories, P < 0.05; For race and ethnicity, P < 0.01