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Table 14: Live Births by Resident County and Method of Delivery      
New York State 1998              

    Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Delivery
        VBAC Total Total Primary Primary Repeat Repeat
County Total Total VBAC Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent N.S.
 
New York State 257,748 198,025 10,138 31.7 59,494 23.1 37,663 14.6 21,831 8.5 229  
New York City 119,883 93,090 3,520 28.7 26,722 22.3 17,987 15.0 8,735 7.3 71  
Bronx 22,784 17,949 696 30.2 4,808 21.1 3,200 14.1 1,608 7.1 27  
Kings 39,967 31,596 1,129 28.9 8,349 20.9 5,577 14.0 2,772 6.9 22  
New York 19,443 14,988 671 35.4 4,441 22.9 3,216 16.6 1,225 6.3 14  
Queens 31,922 24,495 841 25.8 7,422 23.3 5,001 15.7 2,421 7.6 5  
Richmond 5,767 4,062 183 20.5 1,702 29.5 993 17.2 709 12.3 3  
Rest of State 137,865 104,935 6,618 33.6 32,772 23.8 19,676 14.3 13,096 9.5 158  
Albany 3,470 2,804 231 49.0 666 19.2 426 12.3 240 6.9 0  
Allegany 548 438 27 40.3 109 19.9 69 12.6 40 7.3 1  
Broome 2,211 1,719 104 35.5 492 22.3 303 13.7 189 8.5 0  
Cattaraugus 1,064 790 47 35.6 217 21.5 132 13.1 85 8.4 57  
Cayuga 909 734 47 38.2 175 19.3 99 10.9 76 8.4 0  
Chautauqua 1,542 1,125 43 22.6 407 26.6 260 17.0 147 9.6 10  
Chemung 1,030 797 32 29.1 233 22.6 155 15.0 78 7.6 0  
Chenango 595 473 22 33.8 122 20.5 79 13.3 43 7.2 0  
Clinton 731 587 42 44.7 143 19.6 91 12.5 52 7.1 1  
Columbia 598 471 32 42.1 124 20.8 80 13.4 44 7.4 3  
Cortland 602 484 24 40.7 117 19.5 82 13.6 35 5.8 1  
Delaware 456 351 21 33.3 105 23.0 63 13.8 42 9.2 0  
Dutchess 3,299 2,465 176 36.2 831 25.2 521 15.8 310 9.4 3  
Erie 11,566 9,205 697 42.3 2,359 20.4 1,410 12.2 949 8.2 2  
Essex 370 284 18 30.5 86 23.2 45 12.2 41 11.1 0  
Franklin 488 365 18 25.0 123 25.2 69 14.1 54 11.1 0  
Fulton 616 482 34 35.1 134 21.8 71 11.5 63 10.2 0  
Genesee 696 532 32 33.7 163 23.5 100 14.4 63 9.1 1  
Greene 509 390 28 43.1 115 22.8 78 15.4 37 7.3 4  
Hamilton 38 29 2 28.6 9 23.7 4 10.5 5 13.2 0  
Herkimer 659 504 41 34.7 154 23.4 77 11.7 77 11.7 1  
Jefferson 1,719 1,450 112 48.9 268 15.6 151 8.8 117 6.8 1  
Lewis 341 272 29 52.7 69 20.2 43 12.6 26 7.6 0  
Livingston 665 516 33 34.7 149 22.4 87 13.1 62 9.3 0  
Madison 861 669 43 32.1 192 22.3 101 11.7 91 10.6 0  
Monroe 9,653 7,645 492 39.5 2,008 20.8 1,255 13.0 753 7.8 0  
Montgomery 603 466 21 30.4 137 22.7 89 14.8 48 8.0 0  
Nassau 17,186 12,708 754 29.6 4,476 26.0 2,682 15.6 1,794 10.4 2  
Niagara 2,632 1,979 110 29.6 651 24.8 390 14.8 261 9.9 2  
Oneida 2,611 1,885 116 26.4 725 27.8 402 15.4 323 12.4 1  
Onondaga 5,965 4,750 309 39.2 1,215 20.4 735 12.3 480 8.0 0  
Ontario 1,182 900 72 39.3 282 23.9 171 14.5 111 9.4 0  
Orange 4,766 3,638 230 32.3 1,126 23.6 643 13.5 483 10.1 2  
Orleans 551 424 19 24.1 127 23.0 67 12.2 60 10.9 0  
Oswego 1,473 1,173 66 35.1 300 20.4 178 12.1 122 8.3 0  
Otsego 568 471 30 48.4 97 17.1 65 11.4 32 5.6 0  
Putnam 1,231 890 51 26.4 339 27.6 197 16.0 142 11.6 2  
Rensselaer 1,768 1,384 103 43.8 382 21.6 250 14.2 132 7.5 2  
Rockland 4,435 3,353 248 35.9 1,081 24.4 639 14.4 442 10.0 1  
St Lawrence 1,202 866 57 30.8 314 26.6 186 15.8 128 10.8 22  
Saratoga 2,526 2,000 137 41.0 526 20.8 329 13.0 197 7.8 0  
Schenectady 1,739 1,442 119 50.2 297 17.1 179 10.3 118 6.8 0  
Schoharie 317 263 13 39.4 54 17.0 34 10.7 20 6.3 0  
Schuyler 213 147 12 25.0 66 31.0 30 14.1 36 16.9 0  
Seneca 368 301 15 29.4 66 18.0 30 8.2 36 9.8 1  
Steuben 1,183 881 70 38.5 301 25.5 189 16.0 112 9.5 1  
Suffolk 19,921 14,309 798 25.2 5,610 28.2 3,238 16.3 2,372 11.9 2  
Sullivan 827 648 33 32.7 179 21.6 111 13.4 68 8.2 0  
Tioga 548 426 20 27.0 122 22.3 68 12.4 54 9.9 0  
Tompkins 829 656 42 44.7 172 20.8 120 14.5 52 6.3 1  
Ulster 1,849 1,397 80 33.2 430 23.5 269 14.7 161 8.8 22  
Warren 646 506 27 31.8 139 21.6 81 12.6 58 9.0 1  
Washington 582 450 33 37.5 131 22.5 76 13.1 55 9.5 1  
Wayne 1,273 947 67 30.0 325 25.6 169 13.3 156 12.3 1  
Westchester 12,829 9,446 508 28.8 3,375 26.3 2,122 16.6 1,253 9.8 8  
Wyoming 462 363 19 29.2 98 21.3 52 11.3 46 10.0 1  
Yates 344 285 12 32.4 59 17.2 34 9.9 25 7.3 0  
VBAC -- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean VBAC % -- VBAC/(VBAC+Repeat Cesarean) Cesarean % - Cesarean/All Births with Known Method
       

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Revised: May 2001