Improved surveillance of maternal deaths.
This study explains and verifies an apparent increase in the New Jersey resident maternal mortality rate from 1.7 per 10,000 live births by the state's traditional method to 3.1 per 10,000 live births by a new method of surveillance instituted in late 1974. In 1975, the maternal mortality rate by the traditional method was 1.5 per 10,000 and by the expanded method, 3.0 per 10,000. The traditional method compiled data from death certificates submitted to the State Vital Statistics Office. The expanded method found additional deaths by review of Annual Maternity Services Reports from hospitals and by close follow-up of individual reports of maternal deaths from medical examiners, physicians and hospitals.with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm while

in possession of cocaine, and possession of a firearm after being

convicted of a felony.   At that trial, the defendant testified

under oath that he was not the owner of the Oldsmobile in which

cocaine and a shotgun were found.   According to the defendant,

the car belonged to his father, whose name is Gordon Milton

Donowa, and his father's name was on the car's registration.
     However, at the defendant's perjury trial, Charlotte Bales,

an employee of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), testified

that the application for a certificate of title for the 1986

Oldsmobile showed that "the owner is Gordon M. Donowa," and also

authenticated other DMV records which showed that the defendant's

social security number matched the number listed on