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Table 8: Live Birth and Fertility Rates by Resident County and Mother's Age
New York State 1999
Live Mother's Age
Birth Fertility
County Rate1 Rate2 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+3
New York State 13.6 62.2 0.6 20.1 60.8 88.5 103.1 93.3 48.8 10.3 0.7
New York City 15.6 66.8 0.8 26.2 74.2 106.0 101.1 86.2 49.7 12.3 0.9
Bronx 18.1 78.0 1.2 42.7 106.3 138.8 115.3 86.3 48.6 10.6 0.5
Kings 16.5 71.3 0.8 25.4 75.5 130.7 113.6 83.6 49.1 12.5 1.0
New York 13.0 51.4 1.0 29.5 60.0 61.1 60.6 73.7 49.1 14.7 1.4
Queens 15.2 68.5 0.7 16.5 65.5 98.7 112.1 95.5 51.5 11.7 0.7
Richmond 13.9 60.7 0.3 13.1 43.5 64.8 110.0 107.3 49.5 9.7 0.2
Rest of State 12.3 58.7 0.4 16.0 51.5 74.7 104.9 99.2 48.2 8.9 0.5
Albany 10.2 45.5 0.6 17.4 39.2 46.3 82.2 78.0 38.3 7.4 0.2
Allegany 11.0 53.7 0.0 16.9 37.1 105.1 133.9 70.8 25.7 4.0 0.0
Broome 10.7 51.4 0.4 20.4 50.2 80.8 94.2 70.8 33.6 4.7 0.4
Cattaraugus 11.8 59.4 0.6 14.6 73.1 119.8 138.3 70.6 26.7 4.6 0.4
Cayuga 10.6 54.0 0.6 20.2 65.9 99.3 105.1 66.8 32.2 4.6 0.4
Chautauqua 11.0 55.8 0.9 29.2 66.8 115.2 109.7 66.5 23.0 4.9 0.0
Chemung 10.8 55.2 0.0 24.9 84.4 122.5 105.1 64.4 24.0 5.7 0.0
Chenango 9.9 51.2 0.4 12.3 84.7 141.2 93.6 57.2 23.8 3.3 0.0
Clinton 9.1 41.7 0.3 15.6 48.3 67.3 80.1 47.3 20.4 2.5 0.4
Columbia 9.1 48.0 0.4 15.1 86.3 93.6 91.4 68.3 30.5 4.4 0.4
Cortland 11.1 47.6 0.0 20.1 29.9 61.5 100.9 73.1 34.9 5.2 0.6
Delaware 9.8 53.0 0.0 11.8 59.2 119.2 111.9 68.0 25.2 10.4 0.0
Dutchess 11.7 55.6 0.6 15.4 45.6 62.1 105.0 95.8 46.0 9.8 0.5
Erie 11.4 55.1 0.6 21.7 61.1 72.9 99.8 83.4 40.5 7.0 0.5
Essex 10.2 56.3 0.0 17.5 66.7 113.8 130.8 58.0 32.9 7.2 1.6
Franklin 8.7 46.1 0.0 11.3 78.1 95.4 90.0 57.0 21.0 4.9 0.0
Fulton 10.7 55.2 0.0 19.2 90.1 125.3 116.9 58.3 27.5 4.2 0.0
Genesee 11.8 58.8 0.4 18.5 59.2 98.7 118.5 87.8 32.4 4.7 0.0
Greene 9.0 48.6 0.0 10.6 63.4 80.9 95.4 59.1 47.1 8.8 0.6
Hamilton 5.5 32.3 0.0 0.0 38.5 90.0 94.0 16.9 25.9 4.6 0.0
Herkimer 10.4 54.3 0.0 15.3 72.5 109.8 118.9 68.9 25.8 5.9 0.0
Jefferson 15.3 75.0 0.4 21.7 137.3 172.1 124.7 69.1 24.0 4.9 0.0
Lewis 11.6 59.9 0.0 12.6 62.0 169.7 106.3 61.5 32.0 4.3 1.1
Livingston 10.2 43.4 0.4 15.0 19.7 39.4 103.3 75.6 35.9 6.8 0.0
Madison 10.4 47.2 0.0 14.6 24.7 66.2 107.9 75.5 34.6 6.9 0.0
Monroe 12.4 56.2 1.1 25.4 65.7 72.7 94.7 87.8 42.3 7.0 0.3
Montgomery 11.1 60.4 0.0 28.3 104.0 123.0 132.9 62.1 25.6 7.9 0.0
Nassau 13.2 65.0 0.3 7.4 29.5 47.6 109.8 141.1 69.5 12.6 0.9
Niagara 11.4 56.7 0.6 22.3 76.7 99.5 104.8 82.7 26.7 5.0 0.4
Oneida 10.3 53.3 0.3 22.9 58.2 88.3 103.6 74.1 31.1 4.2 0.2
Onondaga 12.5 57.0 0.8 27.4 54.5 75.6 97.4 88.7 41.7 7.0 0.4
Ontario 10.7 50.9 0.0 11.6 42.4 75.2 105.6 83.4 36.3 5.7 0.3
Orange 13.7 65.6 0.4 17.7 67.4 113.1 110.9 102.6 47.6 9.2 0.6
Orleans 11.4 56.4 0.0 16.2 107.2 126.1 109.6 60.5 24.1 5.1 0.0
Oswego 11.7 53.7 0.4 20.5 58.7 91.1 107.6 64.1 28.4 5.8 0.0
Otsego 9.3 42.7 0.0 16.2 21.4 60.7 109.3 63.4 27.4 5.3 0.5
Putnam 13.0 58.6 0.0 3.6 18.3 32.7 90.8 128.3 68.9 14.5 0.5
Rensselaer 10.9 51.3 0.2 21.9 63.4 67.7 97.9 71.1 38.3 5.2 0.4
Rockland 16.3 78.0 0.1 6.5 42.8 101.9 133.3 153.7 83.6 14.4 1.3
St Lawrence 10.2 49.3 0.7 13.0 42.8 92.6 108.6 58.8 23.0 5.0 0.3
Saratoga 11.6 52.1 0.1 9.4 32.2 64.6 105.6 94.4 39.2 6.6 0.1
Schenectady 11.6 57.2 0.4 20.3 87.6 82.9 103.4 81.5 44.0 3.8 0.4
Schoharie 8.8 41.6 0.0 14.9 27.1 84.8 87.1 64.9 22.1 5.8 0.0
Schuyler 10.5 55.2 0.0 21.3 111.1 157.5 103.3 61.2 21.4 5.1 0.0
Seneca 10.3 52.5 0.0 11.6 71.9 120.9 117.1 52.9 32.9 4.3 1.7
Steuben 11.5 59.9 0.5 23.7 105.0 139.1 120.6 65.4 25.9 7.5 0.0
Suffolk 14.4 66.6 0.4 10.3 43.9 59.5 116.7 136.4 65.1 11.0 0.7
Sullivan 12.2 65.5 0.4 33.8 91.6 138.2 108.5 84.2 35.9 11.4 0.0
Tioga 11.6 57.4 0.0 21.9 100.0 130.3 108.7 60.9 34.7 7.2 0.0
Tompkins 8.7 32.4 0.0 12.6 12.8 22.2 71.6 68.5 31.6 9.3 0.3
Ulster 10.5 50.0 0.7 13.8 51.8 72.6 88.4 77.1 39.9 8.6 0.2
Warren 10.1 49.0 0.0 17.0 50.1 87.9 101.2 66.0 31.4 4.6 0.0
Washington 10.3 54.4 0.4 11.2 80.5 113.9 110.5 65.2 27.3 6.8 0.0
Wayne 13.4 65.0 0.8 17.9 85.7 142.7 125.8 85.6 34.9 6.4 0.3
Westchester 13.7 65.6 0.5 11.7 45.0 63.1 96.9 123.8 71.4 14.6 0.7
Wyoming 9.4 51.0 0.0 13.5 70.2 113.9 107.6 62.5 25.3 5.0 0.0
Yates 12.7 64.5 1.1 21.9 60.6 135.6 136.0 87.8 28.3 7.5 1.2
1 Live Birth Rates based on live births per 1,000 population
2 Fertility Rates based on live births per 1,000 female population 15-44
3 Fertility Rates for Age 45+ based on live births to women aged 45+ per 1,000 female population 45-49
All other rates are age-specific fertility rates
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Revised: October 2001