Percentage of premature births with <37 weeks gestation

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

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  Births <37 weeks Average Births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 49 53 68 170 479 11.8
Cattaraugus 114 111 111 336 863 13
Chautauqua 160 145 163 468 1,325 11.8
Erie 1,072 1,110 1,017 3,199 9,336 11.4
Genesee 62 59 58 179 594 10.1
Niagara 264 282 229 775 2,172 11.9
Orleans 49 51 50 150 405 12.4
Wyoming 27 33 42 102 380 9
Region Total 1,797 1,844 1,738 5,379 15,554 11.5
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 116 119 97 332 945 11.7
Livingston 54 44 66 164 552 9.9
Monroe 803 817 806 2,426 7,866 10.3
Ontario 115 104 110 329 1,008 10.9
Schuyler 18 22 17 57 163 11.7
Seneca 22 27 34 83 363 7.6
Steuben 106 96 104 306 1,053 9.7
Wayne 92 101 87 280 955 9.8
Yates 20 24 24 68 308 7.4
Region Total 1,346 1,354 1,345 4,045 13,213 10.2
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 91 80 85 256 806 10.6
Cortland 43 64 43 150 463 10.8
Herkimer 73 78 63 214 641 11.1
Jefferson 223 199 205 627 1,932 10.8
Lewis 25 28 32 85 299 9.5
Madison 72 70 69 211 666 10.6
Oneida 331 312 291 934 2,579 12.1
Onondaga 595 604 549 1,748 5,400 10.8
Oswego 134 142 118 394 1,348 9.7
St Lawrence 132 120 127 379 1,141 11.1
Tompkins 71 86 80 237 832 9.5
Region Total 1,790 1,783 1,662 5,235 16,107 10.8
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 205 225 230 660 2,038 10.8
Chenango 45 42 51 138 502 9.2
Tioga 47 48 40 135 409 11
Region Total 297 315 321 933 2,949 10.5
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 330 315 300 945 2,868 11
Clinton 79 83 74 236 788 10
Columbia 69 58 58 185 563 10.9
Delaware 36 56 40 132 447 9.8
Essex 44 37 30 111 346 10.7
Franklin 41 67 57 165 497 11.1
Fulton 78 42 50 170 535 10.6
Greene 41 53 67 161 427 12.6
Hamilton 3 4 3 10 36 9.3
Montgomery 60 60 60 180 556 10.8
Otsego 47 41 35 123 509 8
Rensselaer 166 184 143 493 1,577 10.4
Saratoga 242 213 235 690 2,164 10.6
Schenectady 164 173 215 552 1,730 10.6
Schoharie 36 31 31 98 291 11.2
Warren 79 65 53 197 600 10.9
Washington 54 57 66 177 598 9.9
Region Total 1,569 1,539 1,517 4,625 14,532 10.6
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 309 287 263 859 2,759 10.4
Orange 524 487 460 1,471 4,731 10.4
Putnam 111 92 98 301 909 11
Rockland 389 367 358 1,114 3,795 9.8
Sullivan 126 90 99 315 830 12.7
Ulster 163 137 155 455 1,579 9.6
Westchester 1,513 1,378 1,365 4,256 10,681 13.3
Region Total 3,135 2,838 2,798 8,771 25,284 11.6
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 3,149 3,184 2,735 9,068 22,380 13.5
Kings 5,241 5,251 4,977 15,469 41,202 12.5
New York 2,519 2,706 2,359 7,584 19,504 13
Queens 3,796 3,692 3,602 11,090 30,457 12.1
Richmond 675 710 666 2,051 5,656 12.1
Region Total 15,380 15,543 14,339 45,262 119,199 12.7
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 1,688 1,784 1,595 5,067 14,331 11.8
Suffolk 1,977 1,979 1,936 5,892 16,401 12
Region Total 3,665 3,763 3,531 10,959 30,732 11.9
New York State Total 28,979 28,979 27,251 85,209 237,571 12