Table 4: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Race/Ethnicity, New York State 2008
Category | Total2 Number | Total Percent | Race1/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
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White Only Number | White Only Percent | Black Only Number | Black Only Percent | Other Number | Other Percent | Hispanic3 Number | Hispanic Percent | |||||||
All Births | 249,655 | 100.0 | 164,869 | 100.0 | 45,562 | 100.0 | 38,080 | 100.0 | 59,897 | 100.0 | ||||
Sex | ||||||||||||||
Male | 128,180 | 51.3 | 84,827 | 51.5 | 23,241 | 51.0 | 19,534 | 51.3 | 30,792 | 51.4 | ||||
Female | 121,467 | 48.7 | 80,037 | 48.5 | 22,318 | 49.0 | 18,546 | 48.7 | 29,105 | 48.6 | ||||
Not Stated | 8 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Mother's Age | ||||||||||||||
10 - 14 | 242 | 0.1 | 115 | 0.1 | 102 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.1 | 109 | 0.2 | ||||
15 - 17 | 5,074 | 2.0 | 2,754 | 1.7 | 1,720 | 3.8 | 575 | 1.5 | 2,215 | 3.7 | ||||
18 - 19 | 12,171 | 4.9 | 7,280 | 4.4 | 3,539 | 7.8 | 1,276 | 3.4 | 4,660 | 7.8 | ||||
20 - 24 | 50,924 | 20.4 | 32,096 | 19.5 | 11,763 | 25.8 | 6,778 | 17.8 | 15,752 | 26.3 | ||||
25 - 29 | 66,181 | 26.5 | 42,788 | 26.0 | 11,742 | 25.8 | 11,342 | 29.8 | 16,560 | 27.6 | ||||
30 - 34 | 65,527 | 26.2 | 45,278 | 27.5 | 9,278 | 20.4 | 10,739 | 28.2 | 12,294 | 20.5 | ||||
35 - 39 | 38,991 | 15.6 | 27,255 | 16.5 | 5,616 | 12.3 | 5,960 | 15.7 | 6,553 | 10.9 | ||||
40 - 44 | 9,689 | 3.9 | 6,699 | 4.1 | 1,677 | 3.7 | 1,272 | 3.3 | 1,631 | 2.7 | ||||
45 + | 819 | 0.3 | 582 | 0.4 | 122 | 0.3 | 108 | 0.3 | 116 | 0.2 | ||||
Not Stated | 37 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||||
Out of Wedlock | 102,799 | 41.2 | 57,861 | 35.1 | 32,156 | 70.6 | 12,171 | 32.0 | 39,283 | 65.6 | ||||
Married | 143,863 | 57.6 | 104,404 | 63.3 | 13,319 | 29.2 | 25,634 | 67.3 | 20,334 | 33.9 | ||||
Not Stated | 2,993 | 1.2 | 2,604 | 1.6 | 87 | 0.2 | 275 | 0.7 | 280 | 0.5 | ||||
Birthweight | ||||||||||||||
< 1500 gms | 3,733 | 1.5 | 1,908 | 1.2 | 1,356 | 3.0 | 444 | 1.2 | 847 | 1.4 | ||||
1500-2499 gms | 16,738 | 6.7 | 9,758 | 5.9 | 4,328 | 9.5 | 2,569 | 6.7 | 3,865 | 6.5 | ||||
2500 + gms | 228,941 | 91.7 | 153,128 | 92.9 | 39,872 | 87.5 | 35,065 | 92.1 | 55,174 | 92.1 | ||||
Not Stated | 243 | 0.1 | 75 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||||
Plurality | ||||||||||||||
Single Births | 240,049 | 96.2 | 158,023 | 95.8 | 43,894 | 96.3 | 37,025 | 97.2 | 58,310 | 97.4 | ||||
Twins | 9,121 | 3.7 | 6,469 | 3.9 | 1,597 | 3.5 | 1,019 | 2.7 | 1,536 | 2.6 | ||||
Triplets + | 473 | 0.2 | 370 | 0.2 | 69 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.1 | 49 | 0.1 | ||||
Not Stated | 12 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
Month PNC Began | ||||||||||||||
1st - 3rd month | 165,931 | 66.5 | 115,770 | 70.2 | 25,442 | 55.8 | 24,182 | 63.5 | 35,693 | 59.6 | ||||
4th - 6th month | 50,224 | 20.1 | 29,363 | 17.8 | 11,786 | 25.9 | 8,871 | 23.3 | 15,627 | 26.1 | ||||
7th - 9th month | 11,785 | 4.7 | 5,857 | 3.6 | 3,819 | 8.4 | 2,070 | 5.4 | 3,920 | 6.5 | ||||
No PNC | 2,614 | 1.0 | 1,388 | 0.8 | 918 | 2.0 | 282 | 0.7 | 888 | 1.5 | ||||
PNC Start Unk | 9,122 | 3.7 | 6,548 | 4.0 | 1,137 | 2.5 | 1,393 | 3.7 | 1,674 | 2.8 | ||||
PNC Unknown | 9,979 | 4.0 | 5,943 | 3.6 | 2,460 | 5.4 | 1,282 | 3.4 | 2,095 | 3.5 | ||||
Order of Birth | ||||||||||||||
1st Child | 109,086 | 43.7 | 71,158 | 43.2 | 19,779 | 43.4 | 17,567 | 46.1 | 24,729 | 41.3 | ||||
2nd Child | 77,293 | 31.0 | 51,355 | 31.1 | 12,771 | 28.0 | 12,904 | 33.9 | 18,341 | 30.6 | ||||
3rd Child | 36,983 | 14.8 | 24,767 | 15.0 | 7,042 | 15.5 | 5,014 | 13.2 | 10,346 | 17.3 | ||||
4th Child + | 26,149 | 10.5 | 17,523 | 10.6 | 5,930 | 13.0 | 2,564 | 6.7 | 6,452 | 10.8 | ||||
Not Stated | 144 | 0.1 | 66 | 0.0 | 40 | 0.1 | 31 | 0.1 | 29 | 0.0 | ||||
Method of Delivery | ||||||||||||||
Vaginal | 162,655 | 65.2 | 108,064 | 65.5 | 28,769 | 63.1 | 25,183 | 66.1 | 39,887 | 66.6 | ||||
Cesarean | 85,144 | 34.1 | 55,715 | 33.8 | 16,431 | 36.1 | 12,689 | 33.3 | 19,528 | 32.6 | ||||
Not Stated | 1,856 | 0.7 | 1,090 | 0.7 | 362 | 0.8 | 208 | 0.5 | 482 | 0.8 | ||||
Mother's Education | ||||||||||||||
< 12 Years | 52,796 | 21.1 | 29,504 | 17.9 | 11,870 | 26.1 | 11,116 | 29.2 | 25,411 | 42.4 | ||||
12 Years | 56,998 | 22.8 | 36,165 | 21.9 | 12,701 | 27.9 | 7,949 | 20.9 | 14,293 | 23.9 | ||||
13-15 Years | 61,137 | 24.5 | 40,034 | 24.3 | 14,066 | 30.9 | 6,802 | 17.9 | 13,131 | 21.9 | ||||
16 Years | 41,350 | 16.6 | 29,560 | 17.9 | 4,570 | 10.0 | 7,136 | 18.7 | 4,462 | 7.4 | ||||
17+ Years | 35,659 | 14.3 | 28,632 | 17.4 | 2,052 | 4.5 | 4,919 | 12.9 | 2,231 | 3.7 | ||||
Not Stated | 1,715 | 0.7 | 974 | 0.6 | 303 | 0.7 | 158 | 0.4 | 369 | 0.6 | ||||
Place of Birth | ||||||||||||||
Hospital | 244,490 | 97.9 | 160,798 | 97.5 | 45,142 | 99.1 | 37,638 | 98.8 | 59,309 | 99.0 | ||||
Home | 1,690 | 0.7 | 1,166 | 0.7 | 215 | 0.5 | 118 | 0.3 | 187 | 0.3 | ||||
Other | 3,379 | 1.4 | 2,862 | 1.7 | 165 | 0.4 | 316 | 0.8 | 373 | 0.6 | ||||
Not Stated | 96 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.0 | 40 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.0 | ||||
Primary Financial Coverage | ||||||||||||||
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus | 111,282 | 44.6 | 60,766 | 36.9 | 29,037 | 63.7 | 20,817 | 54.7 | 42,178 | 70.4 | ||||
Private Insurance | 121,358 | 48.6 | 93,359 | 56.6 | 12,997 | 28.5 | 14,751 | 38.7 | 13,854 | 23.1 | ||||
Self Pay | 4,564 | 1.8 | 2,802 | 1.7 | 1,200 | 2.6 | 536 | 1.4 | 1,301 | 2.2 | ||||
Indian Health Service | 75 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 62 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
CHAMPUS/Tricare | 1,964 | 0.8 | 1,553 | 0.9 | 177 | 0.4 | 234 | 0.6 | 245 | 0.4 | ||||
Child Health Plus B | 4,196 | 1.7 | 2,499 | 1.5 | 981 | 2.2 | 716 | 1.9 | 1,162 | 1.9 | ||||
Other Insurance | 3,786 | 1.5 | 2,358 | 1.4 | 749 | 1.6 | 671 | 1.8 | 841 | 1.4 | ||||
Not Stated | 2,430 | 1.0 | 1,520 | 0.9 | 420 | 0.9 | 293 | 0.8 | 316 | 0.5 | ||||
Attendant | ||||||||||||||
Physician | 221,042 | 88.5 | 144,982 | 87.9 | 40,860 | 89.7 | 34,488 | 90.6 | 52,751 | 88.1 | ||||
Cert Midwife | 24,705 | 9.9 | 16,882 | 10.2 | 4,354 | 9.6 | 3,247 | 8.5 | 6,589 | 11.0 | ||||
Other | 970 | 0.4 | 602 | 0.4 | 136 | 0.3 | 52 | 0.1 | 185 | 0.3 | ||||
Not Stated | 2,938 | 1.2 | 2,403 | 1.5 | 212 | 0.5 | 293 | 0.8 | 372 | 0.6 |
1 Beginning in 2008, births recorded in NYS Exclusive of NYC and births recorded in NYC used the same race codes. For this table, births with multiple races selected are coded as "Other". See the Technical Notes for details.
2 Total Births includes births with race = "Not Stated".
3 Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White Only + Hispanic Black Only + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.