Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County, New York State - 2006

Race/Ethnicity
County Total #1 Total Rate White # White Rate Black # Black Rate Other # Other Rate N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic Rate
New York State
New York State 17,626 66.1 11,604 66.2 3,999 71.1 1,337 39.0 686 3,880 61.2
New York City
New York City 11,159 85.5 6,120 89.8 3,296 77.9 1,137 58.7 606 3,423 78.8
Bronx 2,222 89.7 1,109 100.9 735 61.4 77 51.7 301 1,105 79.8
Kings 3,999 90.1 2,003 88.0 1,561 96.6 335 62.8 100 924 92.0
New York 1,696 76.9 1,129 86.6 289 51.8 183 55.7 95 455 67.3
Queens 2,624 79.7 1,409 85.7 609 79.6 518 59.3 88 839 74.1
Richmond 618 95.8 470 94.7 102 109.3 24 46.2 22 100 66.8
Rest of State
Rest of State 6,467 47.5 5,484 51.2 703 50.5 200 13.4 80 457 23.0
Albany 157 47.8 114 50.2 31 49.2 7 18.5 5 9 39.6
Allegany 49 88.0 49 89.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 90.9
Broome 138 61.0 126 64.7 8 66.1 4 20.9 0 3 33.0
Cattaraugus 67 60.7 64 66.6 3 375.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 34 38.2 32 38.0 1 83.3 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Chautauqua 102 63.9 92 62.3 7 184.2 3 39.5 0 8 70.8
Chemung 31 29.5 31 31.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 40.0
Chenango 40 69.8 39 70.1 1 333.3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Clinton 51 62.6 51 64.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Columbia 14 23.0 14 27.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 24.4
Cortland 5 9.6 5 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Delaware 3 6.2 3 6.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 40 13.0 39 15.6 1 3.2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Erie 353 34.2 324 42.4 25 12.9 2 2.7 2 4 6.4
Essex/Hamilton 16 38.9 16 39.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 200.0
Franklin 12 22.7 10 21.2 0 0.0 2 37.7 0 0 0.0
Fulton 38 59.7 38 61.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Genesee 45 66.5 44 68.5 1 90.9 0 0.0 0 2 87.0
Greene 22 47.2 20 46.6 2 166.7 0 0.0 0 1 43.5
Hamilton/Essex 16 38.9 16 39.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 200.0
Herkimer 42 60.6 42 61.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Jefferson 105 59.0 103 65.7 2 19.4 0 0.0 0 3 26.3
Lewis 29 81.5 28 82.4 1 500.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Livingston 28 41.4 25 38.4 0 0.0 3 150.0 0 0 0.0
Madison 25 32.5 25 33.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Monroe 198 21.8 123 19.0 66 32.1 5 9.1 4 10 12.1
Montgomery 30 47.9 28 47.8 1 142.9 0 0.0 1 2 15.4
Nassau 1,468 88.0 1,115 91.2 258 119.1 75 33.0 20 190 49.8
Niagara 179 75.1 154 76.4 22 102.8 3 19.4 0 2 33.9
Oneida 143 52.2 121 51.8 20 84.4 2 12.2 0 9 50.8
Onondaga 271 47.2 200 47.2 55 61.2 10 16.5 6 9 31.0
Ontario 42 35.6 42 38.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 31.3
Orange 157 28.1 141 35.9 9 19.0 1 0.8 6 18 14.2
Orleans 35 69.7 32 67.9 3 166.7 0 0.0 0 2 71.4
Oswego 74 51.0 74 52.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 35.7
Otsego 24 41.7 24 43.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 66.7
Putnam 24 22.6 23 23.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 3 19.0
Rensselaer 56 31.8 46 31.4 6 38.5 1 7.1 3 3 30.9
Rockland 172 36.0 163 49.6 6 13.3 1 1.0 2 14 14.5
St Lawrence 71 52.4 67 53.4 0 0.0 2 36.4 2 0 0.0
Saratoga 164 64.2 150 63.0 8 250.0 4 28.8 2 2 25.3
Schenectady 140 71.8 117 86.0 16 63.2 4 12.0 3 7 46.4
Schoharie 15 48.7 15 50.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Schuyler 1 5.8 1 5.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 333.3
Seneca 10 26.6 10 27.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 35 30.8 35 32.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Suffolk 1,199 59.1 1,046 63.1 96 60.2 49 23.3 8 106 20.1
Sullivan 26 26.1 24 29.8 2 22.5 0 0.0 0 1 5.8
Tioga 11 18.0 9 15.2 1 250.0 1 111.1 0 1 142.9
Tompkins 12 14.0 10 14.2 1 29.4 1 8.6 0 0 0.0
Ulster 33 17.2 29 17.7 4 32.8 0 0.0 0 2 8.1
Warren 63 96.9 61 97.9 0 0.0 1 45.5 1 0 0.0
Washington 39 57.7 38 57.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Wayne 26 22.5 23 21.9 2 69.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Westchester 271 22.2 197 26.8 44 26.1 19 6.1 11 36 9.1
Wyoming 23 55.8 23 56.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 125.0
Yates 9 28.0 9 28.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

* Fetal Death Rate = (Spontaneous Fetal Deaths*1000)/(Spontaneous Fetal Deaths + Live Births)

1 Spontaneous Fetal Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated.

2 Hispanic Fetal Deaths is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated.