Percentage of preterm birth

Source:2008-2010 Vital Statistics Data as of February, 2012

  Preterm births Average number of births Percentage
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 170 479 11.8
Cattaraugus 336 863 13.0
Chautauqua 470 1,326 11.8
Erie 3,201 9,336 11.4
Genesee 179 594 10.1
Niagara 776 2,173 11.9
Orleans 150 405 12.4
Wyoming 102 380 9.0
Western New York 5,384 15,556 11.5
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 332 945 11.7
Livingston 164 552 9.9
Monroe 2,426 7,866 10.3
Ontario 329 1,008 10.9
Schuyler 57 163 11.7
Seneca 83 363 7.6
Steuben 306 1,053 9.7
Wayne 280 955 9.8
Yates 68 308 7.4
Finger Lakes 4,045 13,213 10.2
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 256 806 10.6
Cortland 150 463 10.8
Herkimer 215 642 11.2
Jefferson 627 1,932 10.8
Lewis 85 299 9.5
Madison 211 666 10.6
Oneida 934 2,579 12.1
Onondaga 1,748 5,400 10.8
Oswego 394 1,348 9.7
St. Lawrence 381 1,142 11.1
Tompkins 239 833 9.6
Central New York 5,240 16,109 10.8
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 660 2,038 10.8
Chenango 138 502 9.2
Tioga 135 409 11.0
New York-Penn 933 2,949 10.5
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 945 2,868 11.0
Clinton 236 788 10.0
Columbia 185 563 10.9
Delaware 132 447 9.8
Essex 111 346 10.7
Franklin 165 497 11.1
Fulton 171 535 10.7
Greene 161 427 12.6
Hamilton 10 36 9.3
Montgomery 180 556 10.8
Otsego 123 509 8.0
Rensselaer 494 1,577 10.4
Saratoga 691 2,164 10.6
Schenectady 553 1,730 10.7
Schoharie 98 291 11.2
Warren 197 600 10.9
Washington 177 598 9.9
Northeastern New York 4,629 14,533 10.6
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 859 2,759 10.4
Orange 1,472 4,732 10.4
Putnam 301 909 11.0
Rockland 1,116 3,796 9.8
Sullivan 315 830 12.7
Ulster 455 1,579 9.6
Westchester 4,258 10,681 13.3
Hudson Valley 8,776 25,286 11.6
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 9,077 22,383 13.5
Kings 15,479 41,206 12.5
New York 7,588 19,505 13.0
Queens 11,095 30,459 12.1
Richmond 2,051 5,656 12.1
New York City 45,290 119,208 12.7
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 5,067 14,331 11.8
Suffolk 5,899 16,404 12.0
Nassau-Suffolk 10,966 30,735 11.9
New York State 85,263 237,589 12.0