Percentage of births that were first births

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

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  First births Average Births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 217 209 172 598 511 39.0
Cattaraugus 468 443 449 1,360 990 45.8
Chautauqua 547 600 572 1,719 1,403 40.8
Erie 3,950 4,114 4,121 12,185 9,745 41.7
Genesee 252 275 258 785 645 40.6
Niagara 958 966 907 2,831 2,261 41.7
Orleans 157 176 169 502 431 38.9
Wyoming 152 161 161 474 402 39.3
Region Total 6,701 6,944 6,809 20,454 16,388 41.6
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 413 401 423 1,237 979 42.1
Livingston 236 244 230 710 578 41.0
Monroe 3,696 3,567 3,737 11,000 8,604 42.6
Ontario 460 410 440 1,310 1,066 41.0
Schuyler 84 59 77 220 169 43.3
Seneca 149 126 170 445 382 38.8
Steuben 395 428 448 1,271 1,109 38.2
Wayne 431 428 378 1,237 1,043 39.5
Yates 97 111 103 311 319 32.5
Region Total 5,961 5,774 6,006 17,741 14,249 41.5
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 335 330 355 1,020 823 41.3
Cortland 232 231 169 632 528 39.9
Herkimer 221 238 267 726 651 37.2
Jefferson 910 865 816 2,591 2,064 41.8
Lewis 132 153 134 419 332 42.0
Madison 261 263 264 788 674 39.0
Oneida 1,071 1,013 1,046 3,130 2,628 39.7
Onondaga 2,244 2,207 2,172 6,623 5,460 40.4
Oswego 541 566 561 1,668 1,370 40.6
St Lawrence 533 465 523 1,521 1,222 41.5
Tompkins 429 411 391 1,231 878 46.7
Region Total 6,909 6,742 6,698 20,349 16,630 40.8
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 837 860 865 2,562 2,061 41.4
Chenango 225 207 211 643 511 42.0
Tioga 175 178 165 518 459 37.6
Region Total 1,237 1,245 1,241 3,723 3,031 40.9
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 1,383 1,408 1,350 4,141 3,130 44.1
Clinton 355 361 370 1,086 798 45.4
Columbia 253 248 243 744 591 41.9
Delaware 171 174 179 524 456 38.3
Essex 174 148 150 472 354 44.4
Franklin 228 213 200 641 511 41.8
Fulton 243 239 239 721 581 41.4
Greene 195 193 201 589 447 43.9
Hamilton 18 18 14 50 36 46.3
Montgomery 230 232 252 714 614 38.7
Otsego 232 204 223 659 517 42.5
Rensselaer 728 795 788 2,311 1,724 44.7
Saratoga 987 964 1,034 2,985 2,275 43.7
Schenectady 714 742 783 2,239 1,813 41.2
Schoharie 157 118 114 389 297 43.6
Warren 305 281 272 858 636 44.9
Washington 264 276 250 790 630 41.8
Region Total 6,637 6,614 6,662 19,913 15,412 43.1
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 1,190 1,178 1,214 3,582 2,903 41.1
Orange 2,173 1,903 1,887 5,963 5,156 38.6
Putnam 384 366 388 1,138 936 40.5
Rockland 2,129 1,790 1,452 5,371 4,680 38.3
Sullivan 356 337 311 1,004 884 37.9
Ulster 784 760 704 2,248 1,733 43.2
Westchester 4,830 4,637 4,639 14,106 11,255 41.8
Region Total 11,846 10,971 10,595 33,412 27,547 40.4
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 10,070 9,805 9,722 29,597 22,799 43.3
Kings 17,879 17,886 17,378 53,143 41,841 42.3
New York 11,450 11,704 11,346 34,500 20,068 57.3
Queens 14,484 14,018 13,802 42,304 30,765 45.8
Richmond 2,390 2,378 2,264 7,032 5,695 41.2
Region Total 56,273 55,791 54,512 166,576 121,168 45.8
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 6,254 6,242 5,995 18,491 14,639 42.1
Suffolk 7,268 7,044 6,816 21,128 17,324 40.7
Region Total 13,522 13,286 12,811 39,619 31,963 41.3
New York State Total 109,086 107,367 105,334 321,787 246,387 43.5

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

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