Percentage of births with a 5 minute APGAR <6

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

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  Births (APGAR <6) Average Births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 4 0 1 5 511 0.3 *
Cattaraugus 9 4 5 18 990 0.6
Chautauqua 8 6 14 28 1,403 0.7
Erie 53 46 63 162 9,745 0.6
Genesee 5 4 7 16 645 0.8
Niagara 9 14 16 39 2,261 0.6
Orleans 2 6 3 11 431 0.9
Wyoming 4 1 1 6 402 0.5 *
Region Total 94 81 110 285 16,388 0.6
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 11 12 8 31 979 1.1
Livingston 9 3 0 12 578 0.7
Monroe 93 88 82 263 8,604 1
Ontario 7 10 9 26 1,066 0.8
Schuyler 2 2 1 5 169 1 *
Seneca 5 3 2 10 382 0.9
Steuben 5 12 7 24 1,109 0.7
Wayne 6 3 10 19 1,043 0.6
Yates 3 1 2 6 319 0.6 *
Region Total 141 134 121 396 14,249 0.9
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 4 5 6 15 823 0.6
Cortland 5 7 6 18 528 1.1
Herkimer 3 6 6 15 651 0.8
Jefferson 13 12 16 41 2,064 0.7
Lewis 3 1 2 6 332 0.6 *
Madison 6 5 6 17 674 0.8
Oneida 12 15 22 49 2,628 0.6
Onondaga 58 58 41 157 5,460 1
Oswego 5 13 5 23 1,370 0.6
St Lawrence 4 8 13 25 1,222 0.7
Tompkins 0 8 8 16 878 0.6
Region Total 113 138 131 382 16,630 0.8
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 20 21 14 55 2,061 0.9
Chenango 3 3 4 10 511 0.7
Tioga 6 3 3 12 459 0.9
Region Total 29 27 21 77 3,031 0.8
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 28 38 42 108 3,130 1.2
Clinton 4 9 4 17 798 0.7
Columbia 4 6 5 15 591 0.8
Delaware 1 2 2 5 456 0.4 *
Essex 2 4 3 9 354 0.8 *
Franklin 3 1 0 4 511 0.3 *
Fulton 4 1 3 8 581 0.5 *
Greene 3 1 4 8 447 0.6 *
Hamilton 0 0 0 0 36 0 *
Montgomery 5 6 4 15 614 0.8
Otsego 4 4 3 11 517 0.7
Rensselaer 19 15 13 47 1,724 0.9
Saratoga 21 22 16 59 2,275 0.9
Schenectady 16 25 15 56 1,813 1
Schoharie 1 3 2 6 297 0.7 *
Warren 4 6 5 15 636 0.8
Washington 7 5 13 25 630 1.3
Region Total 126 148 134 408 15,412 0.9
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 14 19 12 45 2,903 0.5
Orange 28 35 46 109 5,156 0.7
Putnam 3 8 4 15 936 0.5
Rockland 20 15 19 54 4,680 0.4
Sullivan 2 8 10 20 884 0.8
Ulster 14 9 12 35 1,733 0.7
Westchester 93 75 50 218 11,255 0.6
Region Total 174 169 153 496 27,547 0.6
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 172 182 125 479 22,799 0.7
Kings 302 283 190 775 41,841 0.6
New York 423 338 79 840 20,068 1.4
Queens 211 168 125 504 30,765 0.5
Richmond 35 29 42 106 5,695 0.6
Region Total 1,143 1,000 561 2,704 121,168 0.7
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 73 68 61 202 14,639 0.5
Suffolk 62 61 82 205 17,324 0.4
Region Total 135 129 143 407 31,963 0.4
New York State Total 1,955 1,826 1,374 5,155 246,387 0.7