Short Gestation (<37 Weeks) - 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 <37 Weeks Births*  
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2007-2009 Percent
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 48 49 53 150 1,474 10.2
Cattaraugus 127 114 111 352 2,637 13.3
Chautauqua 174 160 145 479 4,085 11.7
Erie 1,074 1,072 1,110 3,256 28,227 11.5
Genesee 74 62 59 195 1,818 10.7
Niagara 253 264 282 799 6,581 12.1
Orleans 56 49 51 156 1,225 12.7
Wyoming 49 27 33 109 1,177 9.3
Region Total 1,855 1,797 1,844 5,496 47,224 11.6
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 159 116 119 394 2,939 13.4
Livingston 66 54 44 164 1,690 9.7
Monroe 851 803 817 2,471 23,591 10.5
Ontario 106 115 104 325 3,096 10.5
Schuyler 24 18 22 64 496 12.9
Seneca 40 22 27 89 1,087 8.2
Steuben 146 106 96 348 3,185 10.9
Wayne 110 92 101 303 2,957 10.2
Yates 28 20 24 72 917 7.9
Region Total 1,530 1,346 1,354 4,230 39,958 10.6
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 96 91 80 267 2,395 11.1
Cortland 48 43 64 155 1,476 10.5
Herkimer 71 73 78 222 1,993 11.1
Jefferson 182 223 199 604 5,486 11.0
Lewis 25 25 28 78 887 8.8
Madison 87 72 70 229 2,133 10.7
Oneida 338 331 312 981 7,732 12.7
Onondaga 661 595 604 1,860 16,380 11.4
Oswego 146 134 142 422 4,104 10.3
St Lawrence 116 132 120 368 3,455 10.7
Tompkins 81 71 86 238 2,601 9.2
Region Total 1,851 1,790 1,783 5,424 48,642 11.2
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 237 205 225 667 6,160 10.8
Chenango 48 45 42 135 1,584 8.5
Tioga 80 47 48 175 1,381 12.7
Region Total 365 297 315 977 9,125 10.7
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 322 330 315 967 8,740 11.1
Clinton 91 79 83 253 2,361 10.7
Columbia 55 69 58 182 1,690 10.8
Delaware 52 36 56 144 1,343 10.7
Essex 33 44 37 114 1,057 10.8
Franklin 68 41 67 176 1,549 11.4
Fulton 79 78 42 199 1,666 11.9
Greene 51 41 53 145 1,268 11.4
Hamilton 5 3 4 12 106 11.3
Montgomery 72 60 60 192 1,691 11.4
Otsego 46 47 41 134 1,558 8.6
Rensselaer 176 166 184 526 4,881 10.8
Saratoga 227 242 213 682 6,529 10.4
Schenectady 226 164 173 563 5,177 10.9
Schoharie 34 36 31 101 876 11.5
Warren 59 79 65 203 1,810 11.2
Washington 77 54 57 188 1,810 10.4
Region Total 1,673 1,569 1,539 4,781 44,112 10.8
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 302 309 287 898 8,387 10.7
Orange 564 524 487 1,575 14,253 11.1
Putnam 116 111 92 319 2,815 11.3
Rockland 392 389 367 1,148 11,132 10.3
Sullivan 138 126 90 354 2,634 13.4
Ulster 178 163 137 478 4,872 9.8
Westchester 1,504 1,513 1,378 4,395 32,848 13.4
Region Total 3,194 3,135 2,838 9,167 76,941 11.9
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 3,134 3,149 3,184 9,467 67,458 14.0
Kings 5,215 5,241 5,251 15,707 123,368 12.7
New York 2,824 2,519 2,706 8,049 59,247 13.6
Queens 3,887 3,796 3,692 11,375 92,156 12.3
Richmond 643 675 710 2,028 17,118 11.8
Region Total 15,703 15,380 15,543 46,626 359,347 13.0
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 1,820 1,688 1,784 5,292 43,964 12.0
Suffolk 2,231 1,976 1,979 6,186 50,434 12.3
Region Total 4,051 3,664 3,763 11,478 94,398 12.2
New York State Total 30,222 28,978 28,979 88,179 719,747 12.3

* Total births excludes births with unknown gestational age.