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Table 5: Live Birth Summary Information by Mother's Age
New York State 2000
Mother's Age
Total1 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ N.S.
Total Births 258,455 355 6,954 13,816 51,710 66,350 71,517 38,717 8,494 512 30
Sex
Male 132,588 188 3,553 7,169 26,619 34,014 36,554 19,880 4,333 265 13
Female 125,867 167 3,401 6,647 25,091 32,336 34,963 18,837 4,161 247 17
Race
White 182,285 174 4,099 8,741 34,433 46,311 53,447 28,524 6,156 385 15
Black 54,498 169 2,674 4,622 13,965 13,220 11,253 6,861 1,634 90 10
Other 20,538 10 146 403 3,045 6,524 6,547 3,171 655 35 2
Ethnicity
Hispanic 53,823 141 2,631 4,574 15,237 14,038 10,659 5,360 1,129 54 0
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 95,033 346 6,546 11,724 31,388 21,446 14,026 7,566 1,889 91 11
Married 162,199 9 404 2,074 20,243 44,678 56,996 30,831 6,538 414 12
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,963 13 152 221 730 902 1,088 664 170 23 0
1500-2499 gms 16,057 47 606 1,012 3,157 3,661 4,198 2,588 710 75 3
2500 + gms 238,267 295 6,194 12,581 47,782 61,743 66,199 35,441 7,596 413 23
Plurality
Single Births 249,128 353 6,847 13,589 50,552 64,214 68,304 36,786 8,056 397 30
Twins 8,709 2 107 227 1,128 2,012 2,954 1,771 408 100 0
Triplets + 618 0 0 0 30 124 259 160 30 15 0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 172,615 87 3,091 7,011 29,361 44,962 53,366 28,538 5,869 330 0
4th - 6th month 49,957 136 2,263 4,183 13,311 12,433 10,305 5,802 1,436 87 1
7th - 9th month 11,253 53 727 1,099 3,187 2,720 2,039 1,116 291 18 3
None 3,174 26 190 269 838 698 675 360 108 6 4
Order of Birth
1st Child 106,763 354 6,358 10,708 26,878 27,131 23,477 9,661 2,012 168 16
2nd Child 83,056 1 552 2,651 16,479 21,935 25,919 12,901 2,460 150 8
3rd Child 41,192 0 38 390 6,061 10,537 13,444 8,914 1,738 69 1
4th Child + 27,289 0 1 59 2,246 6,711 8,641 7,225 2,278 125 3
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 193,768 298 5,965 11,692 42,302 51,037 51,313 25,633 5,264 240 24
Cesarean 64,424 55 987 2,120 9,357 15,244 20,144 13,035 3,209 271 2
Not Stated 263 2 2 4 51 69 60 49 21 1 4
Mother's Education
<12 Years 49,072 336 6,085 6,715 14,590 10,368 6,658 3,401 863 52 4
12 Years 78,729 0 740 5,627 21,577 20,596 18,267 9,671 2,149 95 7
13-15 Years 57,033 0 4 1,245 11,637 17,072 16,367 8,888 1,730 85 5
16 Years 36,489 0 0 0 2,174 9,455 14,822 8,236 1,708 91 3
17+ Years 32,920 0 0 0 729 7,702 14,440 7,965 1,901 179 4
Place of Birth
Hospital 255,870 348 6,902 13,729 51,130 65,680 70,887 38,303 8,366 504 21
Home 1,332 6 19 41 257 347 330 234 88 5 5
Other 742 1 21 22 191 179 192 108 25 1 2
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid 96,796 256 4,779 9,681 31,930 24,203 15,928 8,004 1,915 100 0
HMO 71,709 45 961 1,770 8,266 19,086 25,368 13,459 2,607 147 0
Other Ins 77,249 33 848 1,624 8,782 19,950 26,930 15,375 3,478 229 0
Self Pay 6,696 16 257 503 1,731 1,678 1,419 816 257 15 4
Attendant
Physician 226,715 302 5,725 11,434 43,223 58,098 64,593 35,164 7,708 467 1
Midwife 27,348 50 1,156 2,202 7,669 7,192 5,662 2,789 596 31 1
Other 1,123 3 32 61 317 307 211 137 49 4 2
1 Total includes records with information Not Stated