Ratio of Black non-Hispanics to White non-Hispanics for percentage of preterm birth

Source:2008-2010 Vital Statistics Data as of February, 2012

  % Black NH % White NH Ratio of percentages
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 0.0* 11.9 0.00+
Cattaraugus s 12.7 s
Chautauqua 15.9 11.5 1.38
Erie 16.7 10.0 1.67
Genesee 28.1* 9.5 2.95+
Niagara 19.3 10.9 1.76
Orleans 21.6* 12.0 1.80+
Wyoming s 8.9 s
Western New York 17.0 10.5 1.61
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 12.9 11.4 1.12
Livingston 0.0* 10.0 0.00+
Monroe 14.5 8.8 1.65
Ontario 16.7* 10.9 1.53+
Schuyler 0.0* 11.5 0.00+
Seneca 0.0* 7.7 0.00+
Steuben s 10.1 s
Wayne 19.5 9.3 2.09
Yates 0.0* 7.5 0.00+
Finger Lakes 14.4 9.4 1.54
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 7.5* 10.7 0.70+
Cortland s 11.1 s
Herkimer s 11.2 s
Jefferson 14.0 10.4 1.35
Lewis s 9.1 s
Madison s 10.2 s
Oneida 21.1 10.8 1.96
Onondaga 14.6 10.0 1.46
Oswego s 9.7 s
St. Lawrence 0.0* 10.9 0.00+
Tompkins 10.8* 10.1 1.07+
Central New York 15.4 10.3 1.49
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 15.4 10.5 1.47
Chenango 42.9* 9.0 4.76+
Tioga 0.0* 11.0 0.00+
New York-Penn 16.0 10.3 1.55
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 15.0 9.9 1.51
Clinton s 9.9 s
Columbia 14.8 10.2 1.45
Delaware 16.7* 10.0 1.67+
Essex 0.0* 10.7 0.00+
Franklin s 10.8 s
Fulton s 10.2 s
Greene s 12.4 s
Hamilton 0.0* 9.4 0.00+
Montgomery 12.5* 10.9 1.15+
Otsego 20.0* 7.8 2.57+
Rensselaer 18.2 9.5 1.91
Saratoga 18.6 10.6 1.75
Schenectady 14.6 9.7 1.51
Schoharie 0.0* 11.6 0.00+
Warren s 10.8 s
Washington 0.0* 9.7 0.00+
Northeastern New York 15.3 10.1 1.51
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 16.7 9.3 1.78
Orange 14.6 9.2 1.58
Putnam 15.2* 11.1 1.37+
Rockland 15.5 8.4 1.85
Sullivan 19.0 11.6 1.65
Ulster 10.5 9.0 1.17
Westchester 17.9 11.7 1.53
Hudson Valley 16.8 10.1 1.67
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 15.2 10.4 1.45
Kings 17.7 9.1 1.94
New York 16.5 12.7 1.30
Queens 15.9 9.6 1.65
Richmond 16.5 10.8 1.52
New York City 16.6 10.3 1.61
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 16.8 10.5 1.61
Suffolk 18.8 10.9 1.73
Nassau-Suffolk 17.7 10.7 1.66
New York State 16.5 10.3 1.61

* Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the percentage is unstable

+ Fewer than 10 events in one or both rate numerators, therefore the ratio is unstable

s: Data do not meet reporting criteria