Ratio of Black non-Hispanics to White non-Hispanics for percentage of infants exclusively breastfed in the hospital

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

  % Black NH infants % White NH infants Ratio of percentages
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 75.0* 64.2 1.17+
Cattaraugus 60.0 63.6 0.94
Chautauqua 19.4 57.6 0.34
Erie 37.5 64.0 0.59
Genesee 35.3 65.0 0.54
Niagara 23.3 56.5 0.41
Orleans 35.0 53.8 0.65
Wyoming s 65.8 s
Western New York 36.0 62.0 0.58
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 45.2 60.6 0.74
Livingston s 65.8 s
Monroe 36.8 72.1 0.51
Ontario 33.3 75.5 0.44
Schuyler s 65.9 s
Seneca 60.0* 71.3 0.84+
Steuben 57.7 62.5 0.92
Wayne 35.1 65.2 0.54
Yates 0.0* 77.0 0.00+
Finger Lakes 37.1 69.6 0.53
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 32.4 61.0 0.53
Cortland 37.5* 69.0 0.54+
Herkimer 76.5 51.0 1.50
Jefferson 53.8 64.5 0.83
Lewis 80.0* 64.8 1.23+
Madison 60.0* 66.4 0.90+
Oneida 23.0 49.0 0.47
Onondaga 29.1 64.7 0.45
Oswego 47.6 54.9 0.87
St. Lawrence 33.3* 61.9 0.54+
Tompkins 46.3 76.9 0.60
Central New York 31.4 61.1 0.51
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 54.2 67.9 0.80
Chenango 100.0* 69.3 1.44+
Tioga 100.0* 73.2 1.37+
New York-Penn 55.6 69.0 0.81
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 40.0 62.8 0.64
Clinton 83.3 68.2 1.22
Columbia 33.0 57.9 0.57
Delaware 88.2 61.3 1.44
Essex 0.0* 67.4 0.00+
Franklin s 54.0 s
Fulton 46.2* 48.0 0.96+
Greene 50.0 59.2 0.84
Hamilton 0.0* 63.6 0.00+
Montgomery 28.6* 46.1 0.62+
Otsego 72.2 66.8 1.08
Rensselaer 29.1 53.6 0.54
Saratoga 62.5 65.9 0.95
Schenectady 34.6 57.9 0.60
Schoharie s 61.4 s
Warren 57.1* 64.5 0.89+
Washington 50.0* 59.8 0.84+
Northeastern New York 38.3 60.5 0.63
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 43.7 62.8 0.70
Orange 30.5 47.5 0.64
Putnam 50.0 61.1 0.82
Rockland 15.0 48.8 0.31
Sullivan 33.0 49.6 0.66
Ulster 50.0 64.9 0.77
Westchester 32.4 52.7 0.62
Hudson Valley 31.8 53.4 0.59
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 28.1 41.4 0.68
Kings 19.3 51.2 0.38
New York 38.6 56.2 0.69
Queens 24.0 42.7 0.56
Richmond 24.2 36.3 0.66
New York City 24.5 49.2 0.50
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 30.3 41.8 0.73
Suffolk 28.8 47.0 0.61
Nassau-Suffolk 29.6 44.7 0.66
New York State 27.3 55.1 0.50

* 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