Vital Statistics - 2002 Annual Report

Table 4: Resident Live Birth Summary by Race/Ethnicity
New York State - 2002
				Race / Ethnicity
		Total(1) Number	Total Percent	White Number	White Percent	Black Number	Black Percent	Other Number	Other Percent	Hispanic(2) Number	Hispanic Percent
All Births		250,806	100.0	179,491	100.0	49,186	100.0	21,022	100.0	54,469	100.0
Sex
Male		128,477	51.2	92,090	51.3	24,981	50.8	10,831	51.5	27,920	51.3
Female		122,323	48.8	87,396	48.7	24,204	49.2	10,191	48.5	26,548	48.7
Not Stated		6	0.0	5	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Mother's Age
10 - 14		288	0.1	145	0.1	135	0.3	7	0.0	113	0.2
15 - 17		5,867	2.3	3,590	2.0	2,130	4.3	116	0.6	2,236	4.1
18 - 19		12,505	5.0	8,194	4.6	3,878	7.9	364	1.7	4,140	7.6
20 - 24		50,636	20.2	34,764	19.4	12,257	24.9	3,358	16.0	15,239	28.0
25 - 29		62,815	25.1	44,006	24.5	11,951	24.3	6,567	31.3	14,343	26.3
30 - 34		69,987	27.9	52,528	29.3	10,456	21.3	6,736	32.1	11,249	20.7
35 - 39		39,123	15.6	29,211	16.3	6,635	13.5	3,145	15.0	5,821	10.7
40 - 44		8,868	3.5	6,499	3.6	1,643	3.3	677	3.2	1,253	2.3
45 +		625	0.2	483	0.3	94	0.2	44	0.2	70	0.1
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock		89,726	36.0	53,044	29.8	32,405	65.9	3,845	18.4	32,404	59.7
Married		159,669	64.0	125,170	70.2	16,745	34.1	17,099	81.6	21,918	40.3
Birthweight
< 1500 gms		3,892	1.6	2,193	1.2	1,438	2.9	236	1.1	793	1.5
1500-2499 gms		15,961	6.4	10,014	5.6	4,473	9.1	1,414	6.7	3,265	6.0
2500 + gms		230,809	92.1	167,257	93.2	43,274	88.0	19,371	92.2	50,409	92.5
Plurality
Single Births		241,193	96.2	172,291	96.0	47,379	96.3	20,455	97.3	53,026	97.4
Twins		8,995	3.6	6,683	3.7	1,734	3.5	542	2.6	1,383	2.5
Triplets +		618	0.2	517	0.3	73	0.1	25	0.1	60	0.1
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month		175,032	74.1	131,898	77.6	28,657	63.0	13,951	69.4	34,043	66.0
4th - 6th month		47,108	19.9	30,073	17.7	11,989	26.4	4,812	23.9	13,561	26.3
7th - 9th month		11,211	4.7	6,151	3.6	3,805	8.4	1,195	5.9	3,434	6.7
None		2,952	1.2	1,772	1.0	1,016	2.2	151	0.8	581	1.1
Order of Birth
1st Child		104,925	41.8	74,090	41.3	20,007	40.7	10,282	48.9	22,318	41.0
2nd Child		79,918	31.9	58,375	32.5	13,926	28.3	7,305	34.8	17,219	31.6
3rd Child		39,535	15.8	28,796	16.0	8,154	16.6	2,439	11.6	9,227	16.9
4th Child +		26,393	10.5	18,203	10.1	7,093	14.4	995	4.7	5,700	10.5
Method of Delivery
Vaginal		181,908	72.5	129,993	72.4	35,482	72.1	15,724	74.8	40,171	73.8
Cesarean		68,713	27.4	49,464	27.6	13,700	27.9	5,292	25.2	14,294	26.2
Not Stated		185	0.1	34	0.0	4	0.0	6	0.0	4	0.0
Mother's Education
< 12 Years		48,148	19.4	31,847	17.9	11,941	24.5	4,124	19.9	21,665	40.2
12 Years		74,648	30.1	50,458	28.3	17,868	36.7	5,992	28.9	16,623	30.9
13-15 Years		54,344	21.9	38,958	21.9	12,000	24.6	3,244	15.6	9,771	18.1
16 Years		35,611	14.3	27,965	15.7	3,811	7.8	3,770	18.2	2,897	5.4
17+ Years		35,588	14.3	28,788	16.2	3,106	6.4	3,627	17.5	2,924	5.4
Place of Birth
Hospital		248,808	99.2	178,167	99.3	48,754	99.1	20,947	99.6	54,192	99.5
Home		1,214	0.5	806	0.4	238	0.5	39	0.2	113	0.2
Other		760	0.3	497	0.3	192	0.4	36	0.2	163	0.3
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid		96,344	39.1	58,327	33.2	27,887	57.0	9,743	46.8	36,878	68.2
HMO		68,940	28.0	54,867	31.2	9,379	19.2	4,449	21.4	6,345	11.7
Other Ins		75,309	30.5	58,883	33.5	10,181	20.8	6,035	29.0	9,402	17.4
Self Pay		5,995	2.4	3,857	2.2	1,497	3.1	605	2.9	1,477	2.7
Attendant
Physician		220,181	89.0	155,601	88.1	44,573	90.8	19,314	92.5	46,862	86.4
Cert Midwife		26,726	10.8	20,567	11.6	4,308	8.8	1,547	7.4	7,204	13.3
Other		623	0.3	378	0.2	183	0.4	27	0.1	195	0.4
(1) Total Births = White + Black + Other + Not Stated. Total includes records with information Not Stated
(2) Hispanic Births is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated