Percentage of births that were multiple births

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

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  Multiple births Average Births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 14 14 14 42 511 2.7
Cattaraugus 13 34 25 72 990 2.4
Chautauqua 42 45 50 137 1,403 3.3
Erie 357 379 359 1,095 9,745 3.7
Genesee 20 14 26 60 645 3.1
Niagara 89 97 85 271 2,261 4.0
Orleans 14 16 20 50 431 3.9
Wyoming 12 12 12 36 402 3.0
Region Total 561 611 591 1,763 16,388 3.6
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 28 47 44 119 979 4.1
Livingston 25 18 26 69 578 4.0
Monroe 317 376 362 1,055 8,604 4.1
Ontario 33 38 34 105 1,066 3.3
Schuyler 9 6 6 21 169 4.1
Seneca 12 9 15 36 382 3.1
Steuben 23 50 44 117 1,109 3.5
Wayne 37 34 35 106 1,043 3.4
Yates 10 14 12 36 319 3.8
Region Total 494 592 578 1,664 14,249 3.9
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 36 21 26 83 823 3.4
Cortland 19 34 20 73 528 4.6
Herkimer 28 26 24 78 651 4.0
Jefferson 67 75 73 215 2,064 3.5
Lewis 10 7 6 23 332 2.3
Madison 25 22 20 67 674 3.3
Oneida 92 105 70 267 2,628 3.4
Onondaga 223 242 257 722 5,460 4.4
Oswego 42 36 45 123 1,370 3.0
St Lawrence 38 61 43 142 1,222 3.9
Tompkins 52 36 39 127 878 4.8
Region Total 632 665 623 1,920 16,630 3.8
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 82 81 77 240 2,061 3.9
Chenango 17 16 13 46 511 3.0
Tioga 25 23 14 62 459 4.5
Region Total 124 120 104 348 3,031 3.8
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 145 165 129 439 3,130 4.7
Clinton 20 20 29 69 798 2.9
Columbia 26 18 14 58 591 3.3
Delaware 19 30 18 67 456 4.9
Essex 11 33 12 56 354 5.3
Franklin 10 20 22 52 511 3.4
Fulton 24 15 8 47 581 2.7
Greene 22 22 16 60 447 4.5
Hamilton 2 2 0 4 36 3.7
Montgomery 25 19 21 65 614 3.5
Otsego 18 17 12 47 517 3.0
Rensselaer 66 62 57 185 1,724 3.6
Saratoga 94 102 86 282 2,275 4.1
Schenectady 73 66 78 217 1,813 4.0
Schoharie 14 11 10 35 297 3.9
Warren 20 22 16 58 636 3.0
Washington 20 26 30 76 630 4.0
Region Total 609 650 558 1,817 15,412 3.9
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 109 139 100 348 2,903 4.0
Orange 218 205 172 595 5,156 3.8
Putnam 62 28 44 134 936 4.8
Rockland 223 188 152 563 4,680 4.0
Sullivan 45 26 26 97 884 3.7
Ulster 65 64 67 196 1,733 3.8
Westchester 606 482 567 1,655 11,255 4.9
Region Total 1,328 1,132 1,128 3,588 27,547 4.3
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 715 707 730 2,152 22,799 3.1
Kings 1,352 1,492 1,445 4,289 41,841 3.4
New York 1,022 1,044 1,065 3,131 20,068 5.2
Queens 983 1,003 1,014 3,000 30,765 3.3
Richmond 270 273 266 809 5,695 4.7
Region Total 4,342 4,519 4,520 13,381 121,168 3.7
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 746 773 691 2,210 14,639 5.0
Suffolk 746 845 704 2,295 17,324 4.4
Region Total 1,492 1,618 1,395 4,505 31,963 4.7
New York State Total 9,582 9,907 9,497 28,986 246,387 3.9

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

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