Table 5: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Age 2008

Category Mother's Age
Total < 15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + N.S.
All Births 249,655 242 5,074 12,171 50,924 66,181 65,527 38,991 9,689 819 37
Sex
Male 128,180 128 2,657 6,223 25,990 34,004 33,786 20,015 4,932 428 17
Female 121,467 114 2,416 5,948 24,934 32,171 31,741 18,976 4,757 391 19
Not Stated 8 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1
Race1
White 164,869 115 2,754 7,280 32,096 42,788 45,278 27,255 6,699 582 22
Black 45,562 102 1,720 3,539 11,763 11,742 9,278 5,616 1,677 122 3
Other 38,080 25 575 1,276 6,778 11,342 10,739 5,960 1,272 108 5
Not Stated 1,144 0 25 76 287 309 232 160 41 7 7
Ethnicity
Hispanic 59,897 109 2,215 4,660 15,752 16,560 12,294 6,553 1,631 116 7
NonHispanic 189,758 133 2,859 7,511 35,172 49,621 53,233 32,438 8,058 703 30
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 102,799 240 4,840 10,657 33,310 26,865 15,833 8,387 2,470 197 0
Married 143,863 2 213 1,453 17,224 38,697 48,747 29,907 7,018 592 10
Not Stated 2,993 0 21 61 390 619 947 697 201 30 27
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,733 5 105 237 742 863 883 650 216 30 2
1500-2499 gms 16,738 28 426 936 3,416 4,006 4,115 2,814 865 131 1
2500 + gms 228,941 209 4,543 10,996 46,716 61,249 60,467 35,486 8,591 655 29
Not Stated 243 0 0 2 50 63 62 41 17 3 5
Plurality
Single Births 240,049 241 5,006 11,925 49,698 64,138 62,637 36,723 9,005 643 33
Twins 9,121 1 68 245 1,200 1,950 2,731 2,107 653 163 3
Triplets + 473 0 0 1 25 92 157 156 29 13 0
Not Stated 12 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 165,931 59 2,194 6,181 29,606 44,553 47,763 28,286 6,765 523 1
4th - 6th month 50,224 99 1,788 3,854 13,433 13,182 10,078 5,987 1,635 164 4
7th - 9th month 11,785 46 548 1,035 3,288 3,050 2,225 1,238 325 29 1
No PNC 2,614 12 122 200 708 649 502 311 101 7 2
PNC Start Unk 9,122 12 197 365 1,707 2,218 2,474 1,611 459 56 23
PNC Unknown 9,979 14 225 536 2,182 2,529 2,485 1,558 404 40 6
Order of Birth
1st Child 109,086 241 4,700 10,003 28,766 27,722 23,487 11,077 2,764 307 19
2nd Child 77,293 1 350 1,913 15,667 21,301 22,221 12,872 2,762 196 10
3rd Child 36,983 0 17 234 4,943 10,427 11,098 8,196 1,939 127 2
4th Child + 26,149 0 4 18 1,520 6,693 8,684 6,820 2,215 189 6
Not Stated 144 0 3 3 28 38 37 26 9 0 0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 162,655 204 4,012 9,137 36,836 44,985 40,805 21,620 4,762 276 18
Cesarean 85,144 37 1,042 2,978 13,722 20,693 24,240 17,056 4,832 533 11
Not Stated 1,856 1 20 56 366 503 482 315 95 10 8
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 52,796 241 4,473 5,964 15,095 13,088 8,260 4,382 1,170 115 8
12 Years 56,998 0 524 4,487 17,566 15,702 10,766 6,092 1,727 126 8
13-15 Years 61,137 0 27 1,625 14,809 18,730 15,049 8,573 2,140 176 8
16 Years 41,350 0 0 8 2,602 11,095 15,444 9,672 2,349 177 3
17+ Years 35,659 0 0 0 465 7,129 15,616 10,003 2,225 220 1
Not Stated 1,715 1 50 87 387 437 392 269 78 5 9
Place of Birth
Hospital 244,490 240 5,033 12,063 50,127 64,986 63,967 37,920 9,372 781 1
Home 1,690 2 9 30 289 420 495 329 104 7 5
Other 3,379 0 29 75 484 751 1,038 732 208 31 31
Not Stated 96 0 3 3 24 24 27 10 5 0 0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus 111,282 178 3,628 8,975 34,708 31,533 19,686 9,839 2,536 197 2
Private Insurance 121,358 38 977 2,086 11,812 30,136 42,172 26,940 6,611 573 13
Self Pay 4,564 8 168 392 1,341 1,149 842 505 140 11 8
Indian Health Service 75 0 1 8 32 22 10 1 1 0 0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,964 0 18 132 743 583 340 119 28 1 0
Child Health Plus B 4,196 13 143 325 1,257 1,180 757 423 92 6 0
Other Insurance 3,786 2 100 185 645 1,035 997 664 146 12 0
Not Stated 2,430 3 39 68 386 543 723 500 135 19 14
Attendant
Physician 221,042 191 4,216 10,179 43,389 58,422 59,294 35,675 8,916 754 6
Cert Midwife 24,705 49 818 1,891 6,917 6,866 5,095 2,493 540 34 2
Other 970 1 15 40 236 273 216 144 33 5 7
Not Stated 2,938 1 25 61 382 620 922 679 200 26 22

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.