Percentage of premature births with <32 weeks gestation

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

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  Births <32 weeks Average Births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 12 12 7 31 479 2.2
Cattaraugus 20 15 15 50 863 1.9
Chautauqua 33 21 27 81 1,325 2
Erie 183 223 171 577 9,336 2.1
Genesee 14 13 13 40 594 2.2
Niagara 48 57 28 133 2,172 2
Orleans 7 6 11 24 405 2
Wyoming 7 5 5 17 380 1.5
Region Total 324 352 277 953 15,554 2
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 14 23 14 51 945 1.8
Livingston 13 4 5 22 552 1.3
Monroe 146 137 164 447 7,866 1.9
Ontario 12 13 23 48 1,008 1.6
Schuyler 7 4 4 15 163 3.1
Seneca 2 5 7 14 363 1.3
Steuben 19 24 23 66 1,053 2.1
Wayne 15 11 15 41 955 1.4
Yates 8 2 7 17 308 1.8
Region Total 236 223 262 721 13,213 1.8
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 19 14 17 50 806 2.1
Cortland 3 23 11 37 463 2.7
Herkimer 16 15 12 43 641 2.2
Jefferson 40 38 30 108 1,932 1.9
Lewis 1 3 1 5 299 0.6 *
Madison 11 11 8 30 666 1.5
Oneida 70 52 53 175 2,579 2.3
Onondaga 107 116 95 318 5,400 2
Oswego 23 30 32 85 1,348 2.1
St Lawrence 17 11 26 54 1,141 1.6
Tompkins 11 14 27 52 832 2.1
Region Total 318 327 312 957 16,107 2
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 33 45 42 120 2,038 2
Chenango 12 6 13 31 502 2.1
Tioga 6 3 7 16 409 1.3
Region Total 51 54 62 167 2,949 1.9
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 60 70 61 191 2,868 2.2
Clinton 9 8 27 44 788 1.9
Columbia 8 8 10 26 563 1.5
Delaware 11 4 6 21 447 1.6
Essex 11 11 4 26 346 2.5
Franklin 7 13 14 34 497 2.3
Fulton 17 8 9 34 535 2.1
Greene 1 13 15 29 427 2.3
Hamilton 0 0 1 1 36 0.9 *
Montgomery 11 13 17 41 556 2.5
Otsego 4 12 4 20 509 1.3
Rensselaer 33 39 27 99 1,577 2.1
Saratoga 49 33 44 126 2,164 1.9
Schenectady 21 35 44 100 1,730 1.9
Schoharie 6 4 5 15 291 1.7
Warren 7 10 13 30 600 1.7
Washington 10 9 17 36 598 2
Region Total 265 290 318 873 14,532 2
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 42 57 52 151 2,759 1.8
Orange 81 85 94 260 4,731 1.8
Putnam 19 16 12 47 909 1.7
Rockland 75 61 72 208 3,795 1.8
Sullivan 21 20 23 64 830 2.6
Ulster 20 26 25 71 1,579 1.5
Westchester 252 224 225 701 10,681 2.2
Region Total 510 489 503 1,502 25,284 2
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 560 541 517 1,618 22,380 2.4
Kings 917 809 837 2,563 41,202 2.1
New York 404 370 372 1,146 19,504 2
Queens 596 603 576 1,775 30,457 1.9
Richmond 99 111 131 341 5,656 2
Region Total 2,576 2,434 2,433 7,443 119,199 2.1
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 258 264 247 769 14,331 1.8
Suffolk 291 306 336 933 16,401 1.9
Region Total 549 570 583 1,702 30,732 1.8
New York State Total 4,829 4,739 4,750 14,318 237,571 2