Teenage Births (Age 15-17) - Percent of Live Births*

Source: 2007-2009 Vital Statistics Data As Of March, 2011

(Click on a county name for a ten-year trend)

  Births (Age 15-17) Births*  
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2007-2009 Percent
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 12 15 8 35 1,564 2.2
Cattaraugus 32 39 20 91 2,982 3.1
Chautauqua 47 48 56 151 4,338 3.5
Erie 304 293 268 865 29,495 2.9
Genesee 15 18 14 47 1,997 2.4
Niagara 68 66 66 200 6,818 2.9
Orleans 17 11 8 36 1,308 2.8
Wyoming 10 6 4 20 1,243 1.6
Region Total 505 496 444 1,445 49,745 2.9
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 35 30 29 94 3,035 3.1
Livingston 9 9 9 27 1,765 1.5
Monroe 301 300 238 839 25,963 3.2
Ontario 19 20 13 52 3,281 1.6
Schuyler 4 6 4 14 518 2.7
Seneca 7 8 1 16 1,133 1.4
Steuben 33 22 26 81 3,324 2.4
Wayne 29 33 28 90 3,227 2.8
Yates 4 7 8 19 957 2.0
Region Total 441 435 356 1,232 43,203 2.9
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 18 22 11 51 2,446 2.1
Cortland 13 13 6 32 1,657 1.9
Herkimer 16 20 23 59 2,028 2.9
Jefferson 26 31 31 88 5,905 1.5
Lewis 5 11 11 27 979 2.8
Madison 21 9 14 44 2,159 2.0
Oneida 71 71 70 212 7,856 2.7
Onondaga 187 176 149 512 16,555 3.1
Oswego 51 38 34 123 4,162 3.0
St Lawrence 29 24 22 75 3,682 2.0
Tompkins 9 9 8 26 2,747 0.9
Region Total 446 424 379 1,249 50,176 2.5
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 48 51 52 151 6,257 2.4
Chenango 21 13 13 47 1,613 2.9
Tioga 16 16 18 50 1,500 3.3
Region Total 85 80 83 248 9,370 2.6
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 81 66 71 218 9,534 2.3
Clinton 16 16 14 46 2,393 1.9
Columbia 16 11 13 40 1,766 2.3
Delaware 6 4 8 18 1,372 1.3
Essex/Hamilton ~ 7 3 5 15 2,380 0.6
Franklin 8 6 13 27 1,602 1.7
Fulton 12 12 16 40 1,793 2.2
Greene 9 10 11 30 1,339 2.2
Hamilton/Essex ~ 7 3 5 15 2,380 0.6
Montgomery 25 14 13 52 1,852 2.8
Otsego 9 6 9 24 1,586 1.5
Rensselaer 36 46 48 130 5,345 2.4
Saratoga 20 29 29 78 6,865 1.1
Schenectady 46 41 38 125 5,395 2.3
Schoharie 8 4 2 14 898 1.6
Warren 18 8 8 34 1,926 1.8
Washington 10 17 16 43 1,926 2.2
Region Total 327 293 314 934 47,972 1.9
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 36 35 42 113 8,920 1.3
Orange 94 112 100 306 15,800 1.9
Putnam 5 5 5 15 2,914 0.5
Rockland 32 39 31 102 14,304 0.7
Sullivan 27 20 23 70 2,768 2.5
Ulster 29 38 26 93 5,366 1.7
Westchester 145 131 159 435 34,514 1.3
Region Total 368 380 386 1,134 84,586 1.3
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 882 838 826 2,546 68,871 3.7
Kings 828 783 673 2,284 125,624 1.8
New York 363 305 267 935 61,148 1.5
Queens 515 492 431 1,438 93,399 1.5
Richmond 94 117 96 307 17,354 1.8
Region Total 2,682 2,535 2,293 7,510 366,396 2.0
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 158 189 180 527 44,889 1.2
Suffolk 265 242 252 759 53,675 1.4
Region Total 423 431 432 1,286 98,564 1.3
New York State Total 5,277 5,074 4,687 15,038 750,012 2.0

* Total births excludes births with unknown maternal age.

~ Data for Essex and Hamilton counties were combined for the purpose of confidentiality.