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Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1998

Total1 White Black Other Not Stated Hispanic2
County Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Number Rate

New York State 21,282 76.3 13,984 70.5 5,363 90.2 1,096 57.5 839 3,759 67.3
New York City 12,689 95.7 6,433 87.6 4,559 104.5 935 65.4 762 3,526 81.2
Bronx 2,532 100.0 1,270 95.9 1,087 98.3 64 76.4 111 1,227 91.6
Kings 4,129 93.6 1,831 80.2 1,864 105.2 229 70.2 205 807 79.5
New York 1,881 88.2 1,110 83.3 449 83.9 119 51.4 203 586 76.2
Queens 3,263 92.7 1,536 81.6 1,000 118.4 490 65.2 237 799 71.7
Richmond 884 132.9 686 131.4 159 152.3 33 89.7 6 107 103.1
Rest of State 8,593 58.7 7,551 60.4 804 50.7 161 33.8 77 233 18.8
Albany 274 73.2 205 71.4 57 79.6 7 52.2 5 8 49.4
Allegany 59 97.2 58 97.2 0 0.0 1 125.0 0 1 333.3
Broome 97 42.0 88 41.7 9 65.7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Cattaraugus 97 83.5 93 89.9 1 100.0 3 48.4 0 1 52.6
Cayuga 49 51.1 46 49.9 3 115.4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Chautauqua 169 98.8 163 100.3 2 43.5 4 133.3 0 13 103.2
Chemung 54 49.8 50 49.8 3 45.5 1 71.4 0 0 0.0
Chenango 28 44.9 26 42.5 1 333.3 1 142.9 0 0 0.0
Clinton 45 58.0 44 57.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Columbia 56 85.6 50 85.6 4 74.1 1 83.3 1 0 0.0
Cortland 21 33.7 20 32.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Delaware 27 55.9 27 57.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 231 65.4 219 73.4 4 9.9 0 0.0 8 1 4.0
Erie 623 51.1 532 56.0 85 36.9 5 15.2 1 1 3.9
Essex 6 16.0 6 16.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Franklin 12 24.0 8 17.5 0 0.0 4 102.6 0 0 0.0
Fulton 73 106.0 68 102.9 3 166.7 0 0.0 2 2 200.0
Genesee 41 55.6 41 58.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 71.4
Greene 40 72.9 38 72.9 2 111.1 0 0.0 0 1 90.9
Hamilton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Herkimer 69 94.8 69 96.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Jefferson 89 49.2 78 48.8 9 57.3 2 39.2 0 1 15.2
Lewis 40 105.0 39 103.7 1 250.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Livingston 37 52.7 36 51.9 1 200.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Madison 45 49.7 43 49.1 1 125.0 0 0.0 1 1 66.7
Monroe 227 23.0 168 22.7 53 25.1 2 5.9 4 5 6.6
Montgomery 56 85.0 55 87.6 0 0.0 1 111.1 0 2 27.4
Nassau 1,399 75.3 1,119 73.3 207 86.4 58 65.7 15 88 31.9
Niagara 197 69.6 174 69.7 19 72.2 3 43.5 1 0 0.0
Oneida 214 75.8 196 76.5 13 67.0 4 62.5 1 9 88.2
Onondaga 365 57.7 302 59.3 56 57.6 5 19.3 2 0 0.0
Ontario 31 25.6 30 25.6 1 37.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Orange 414 79.9 390 83.9 16 37.1 5 54.9 3 8 11.0
Orleans 62 101.1 61 105.5 1 40.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Oswego 85 54.6 83 54.1 1 142.9 0 0.0 1 1 41.7
Otsego 50 80.9 49 82.6 0 0.0 1 55.6 0 0 0.0
Putnam 53 41.3 52 42.3 1 52.6 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Rensselaer 120 63.6 108 64.0 10 75.8 2 37.0 0 0 0.0
Rockland 328 68.9 317 80.9 5 8.4 1 4.2 5 1 2.1
St Lawrence 45 36.1 41 34.2 1 166.7 2 87.0 1 0 0.0
Saratoga 183 67.6 180 68.2 2 74.1 1 29.4 0 0 0.0
Schenectady 200 103.1 185 112.1 11 60.4 3 42.3 1 5 75.8
Schoharie 27 78.5 27 81.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 333.3
Schuyler 16 69.9 16 70.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 8 21.3 8 21.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 39 31.9 38 32.2 1 34.5 0 0.0 0 1 125.0
Suffolk 1,173 55.6 1,031 55.7 115 60.4 19 30.4 8 33 11.7
Sullivan 60 67.6 55 71.1 5 48.1 0 0.0 0 4 44.9
Tioga 9 16.2 9 16.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Tompkins 10 11.9 9 12.3 0 0.0 1 15.9 0 0 0.0
Ulster 141 70.9 136 74.3 3 30.3 0 0.0 2 1 7.8
Warren 74 102.8 73 103.3 1 333.3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Washington 51 80.6 51 81.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Wayne 19 14.7 18 14.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Westchester 616 45.8 484 47.6 96 43.8 24 29.6 12 42 15.6
Wyoming 33 66.7 33 67.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 200.0
Yates 6 17.1 6 17.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Spontaneous Fetal Death Rate = Number of Spontaneous Fetal Deaths per 1,000 Spontaneous Fetal Deaths + Live Births
1 Total Spontaneous Fetal Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
2 Hispanic Spontaneous Fetal Deaths is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated
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Revised: May 2001