Table 4b: Live Births by Financial Coverage and Mother's Race/Ethnicity - Births Recorded Outside NYC

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Race1 / Ethnicity
  Total2
Number
Total
Percent
White
Number
White
Percent
Black
Number
Black
Percent
Other
Number
Other
Percent
Hispanic3
Number
Hispanic
Percent
All Births 128,941 100.0 98,570 100.0 12,750 100.0 17,499 100.0 17,402 100.0
Primary Financial Coverage*
Medi/Fam Hlth Pl 35,183 27.3 21,349 21.7 6,243 49.0 7,583 43.3 9,934 57.1
Private Insuranc 79,959 62.0 66,909 67.9 5,152 40.4 7,896 45.1 5,561 32.0
Self Pay 2,823 2.2 1,690 1.7 425 3.3 699 4.0 774 4.4
Indian Hlth Serv 94 0.1 20 0.0 3 0.0 71 0.4 2 0.0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,242 1.0 974 1.0 119 0.9 149 0.9 142 0.8
Child Health Plus B 1,454 1.1 1,082 1.1 178 1.4 194 1.1 171 1.0
Other Insurance 5,378 4.2 4,206 4.3 511 4.0 661 3.8 546 3.1
Not Stated 2,808 2.2 2,340 2.4 119 0.9 246 1.4 272 1.6

* Reporting differences exist between NYC and Non-NYC for the variable "Financial Coverage". In this table, Financial Coverage by race/ethnicty is limited to Non-NYC recorded births to NYS residents. The total number of NYS births is the sum of the totals reported in Tables 4b and 4c.

  1. Race coding based on 2000 Census categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Other, Not Stated. See Technical Notes for details.
  2. Total Births includes births with race= "Not Stated".
  3. Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White Alone + Hispanic Black Alone + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.