Ratio of Hispanics to White non-Hispanics for percentage of preterm birth

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

  % Hispanic % White NH Ratio of percentages
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 8.3* 11.9 0.70+
Cattaraugus 19.7 12.7 1.55
Chautauqua 14.6 11.5 1.27
Erie 12.8 10.0 1.28
Genesee 8.2* 9.5 0.86+
Niagara 15.8 10.9 1.45
Orleans 15.2 12.0 1.26
Wyoming s 8.9 s
Western New York 13.2 10.5 1.25
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 17.6 11.4 1.54
Livingston 8.2* 10.0 0.81+
Monroe 11.5 8.8 1.31
Ontario 11.3 10.9 1.04
Schuyler s 11.5 s
Seneca s 7.7 s
Steuben 4.4* 10.1 0.44+
Wayne 12.2 9.3 1.31
Yates s 7.5 s
Finger Lakes 11.2 9.4 1.19
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 7.1* 10.7 0.67+
Cortland s 11.1 s
Herkimer 10.7* 11.2 0.95+
Jefferson 12.4 10.4 1.20
Lewis 23.1* 9.1 2.54+
Madison 27.8 10.2 2.72
Oneida 13.5 10.8 1.25
Onondaga 11.5 10.0 1.15
Oswego 12.5 9.7 1.29
St. Lawrence 19.1* 10.9 1.75+
Tompkins 6.8* 10.1 0.67+
Central New York 12.1 10.3 1.17
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 9.1 10.5 0.86
Chenango 10.0* 9.0 1.11+
Tioga 12.0* 11.0 1.10+
New York-Penn 9.4 10.3 0.91
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 13.4 9.9 1.35
Clinton 11.1* 9.9 1.13+
Columbia 11.5 10.2 1.13
Delaware s 10.0 s
Essex s 10.7 s
Franklin s 10.8 s
Fulton 27.3 10.2 2.68
Greene 15.9 12.4 1.27
Hamilton 0.0* 9.4 0.00+
Montgomery 10.9 10.9 1.00
Otsego 12.5* 7.8 1.61+
Rensselaer 10.5 9.5 1.10
Saratoga 9.5 10.6 0.90
Schenectady 10.1 9.7 1.05
Schoharie 11.1* 11.6 0.96+
Warren 11.8* 10.8 1.09+
Washington 15.2* 9.7 1.57+
Northeastern New York 11.7 10.1 1.16
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 10.8 9.3 1.15
Orange 11.9 9.2 1.29
Putnam 9.1 11.1 0.82
Rockland 10.8 8.4 1.29
Sullivan 12.7 11.6 1.10
Ulster 12.1 9.0 1.34
Westchester 13.5 11.7 1.15
Hudson Valley 12.5 10.1 1.24
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 13.0 10.4 1.25
Kings 13.3 9.1 1.45
New York 12.9 12.7 1.02
Queens 12.8 9.6 1.33
Richmond 13.0 10.8 1.20
New York City 13.0 10.3 1.26
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 12.9 10.5 1.23
Suffolk 12.6 10.9 1.16
Nassau-Suffolk 12.7 10.7 1.19
New York State 12.8 10.3 1.25

* Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the percentage is unstable

+ Fewer than 10 events in one or both rate numerators, therefore the ratio is unstable

s: Data do not meet reporting criteria