Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County New York State - 2009

County Total #1 Total Rate Race/Ethnicity
White # White Rate Black # Black Rate Other # Other Rate N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic Rate
New York State
New York State 17,214 65.3 10,845 62.5 4,172 85.4 1,506 37.5 691 3,558 56.7
New York City
New York City 11,043 83.2 5,715 78.4 3,487 100.3 1,235 51.3 606 3,009 71.8
Bronx 1,714 69.4 809 63.0 617 63.2 57 31.9 231 775 55.3
Kings 4,102 88.8 1,917 79.8 1,723 122.3 355 45.2 107 872 94.8
New York 1,586 72.9 1,034 73.4 301 84.0 159 41.1 92 385 64.3
Queens 2,901 86.2 1,425 82.9 697 110.5 635 63.8 144 843 75.5
Richmond 740 114.4 530 110.5 149 145.4 29 47.8 32 134 86.1
Rest of State
Rest of State 6,171 47.1 5,130 51.1 685 48.6 271 16.8 85 549 26.3
Albany 147 44.2 113 50.9 24 37.0 8 17.7 2 6 24.1
Allegany 46 81.1 46 83.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Broome 147 66.6 129 69.3 14 104.5 4 18.9 0 3 29.4
Cattaraugus 51 49.6 50 59.2 0 0.0 1 13.2 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 17 20.5 16 20.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 35.7
Chautauqua 92 60.0 81 58.2 6 193.5 2 24.1 3 11 70.1
Chemung 45 44.0 38 42.9 6 95.2 1 13.5 0 1 23.3
Chenango 38 67.6 35 63.8 2 1000.0 1 100.0 0 1 71.4
Clinton 51 60.9 49 60.9 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Columbia 25 42.4 19 38.8 4 111.1 1 15.9 1 4 87.0
Cortland 12 21.1 9 16.5 2 333.3 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Delaware 9 19.3 9 20.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 32 10.9 30 12.9 2 5.8 0 0.0 0 1 2.1
Erie 156 15.7 113 15.8 39 19.8 3 3.7 1 2 2.7
Essex/Hamilton 14 34.6 14 35.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 250.0
Franklin 6 11.5 6 12.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Fulton 9 15.9 8 14.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Genesee 19 28.1 16 25.4 2 166.7 1 29.4 0 1 40.0
Greene 17 37.0 16 37.7 1 76.9 0 0.0 0 1 41.7
Hamilton/Essex 14 34.6 14 35.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 250.0
Herkimer 29 41.4 25 37.0 4 307.7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Jefferson 142 66.4 136 73.4 4 32.5 1 6.6 1 5 34.2
Lewis 24 64.0 24 67.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Livingston 42 68.2 42 70.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Madison 12 17.3 11 16.7 0 0.0 1 31.3 0 0 0.0
Monroe 257 29.1 189 31.9 57 27.7 8 9.5 3 15 17.8
Montgomery 17 27.1 17 29.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 13.5
Nassau 1,288 80.6 971 86.6 205 99.0 99 37.2 13 163 42.2
Niagara 397 146.9 304 138.6 42 148.4 33 160.2 18 32 285.7
Oneida 121 43.9 107 46.5 12 48.2 2 9.9 0 9 46.2
Onondaga 248 43.3 197 48.2 33 35.4 13 18.6 5 17 49.0
Ontario 51 46.3 49 48.4 0 0.0 2 31.7 0 4 58.8
Orange 284 53.1 249 62.1 30 57.8 3 3.7 2 62 47.8
Orleans 10 22.2 8 19.3 2 105.3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Oswego 78 52.5 76 52.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 1 23.8
Otsego 27 52.8 27 56.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Putnam 47 49.9 37 46.8 8 250.0 2 16.8 0 6 35.1
Rensselaer 60 32.8 54 36.0 5 28.4 1 6.3 0 3 25.2
Rockland 138 29.4 125 40.1 7 17.4 1 0.9 5 8 7.5
St Lawrence 63 50.2 59 51.4 0 0.0 3 45.5 1 0 0.0
Saratoga 120 51.2 112 52.3 0 0.0 3 18.3 5 3 36.6
Schenectady 147 75.5 121 92.0 18 64.1 8 22.9 0 3 17.1
Schoharie 20 66.9 19 66.7 1 250.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Schuyler 9 53.9 9 56.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 3 8.0 3 8.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 60 50.9 59 52.5 0 0.0 1 21.3 0 0 0.0
Suffolk 1,050 57.6 893 61.2 102 64.5 50 24.4 5 124 23.6
Sullivan 63 68.2 57 85.6 4 60.6 2 10.5 0 12 60.3
Tioga 14 31.6 13 30.5 0 0.0 1 71.4 0 0 0.0
Tompkins 6 6.5 6 7.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Ulster 32 18.4 30 20.1 1 7.8 0 0.0 1 2 8.3
Warren 41 60.2 41 62.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Washington 32 48.7 31 48.1 0 0.0 1 125.0 0 0 0.0
Wayne 23 21.1 21 21.3 2 50.0 0 0.0 0 2 30.8
Westchester 261 22.9 189 29.3 45 27.1 14 4.3 13 42 10.7
Wyoming 15 34.6 15 36.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 62.5
Yates 7 19.3 7 19.7 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.