Table 4c: Live Births by Financial Coverage and Mother's Race/Ethnicity - Births Recorded In NYC

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

				Race1/ Ethnicity
		Total2 Number	Total Percent	White Number	White Percent	Black Number	Black Percent	Other Number	Other Percent	Hispanic3 Number	Hispanic Percent
All Births		120,059	100.0	68,949	100.0	34,288	100.0	16,611	100.0	39,548	100.0
Primary Financial Coverage*
Medicaid		64,195	53.5	32,534	47.2	22,443	65.5	9,130	55.0	28,384	71.8
HMO		17,821	14.8	10,829	15.7	4,350	12.7	2,597	15.6	4,395	11.1
Other Ins		35,205	29.3	23,947	34.7	6,668	19.4	4,529	27.3	5,933	15.0
Self Pay		2,711	2.3	1,601	2.3	776	2.3	326	2.0	804	2.0
Not Stated		127	0.1	38	0.1	51	0.1	29	0.2	32	0.1

* Reporting differences exist between NYC and Non-NYC for the variable "Financial Coverage". In this table, Financial Coverage by race/ethnicty is limited to NYC recorded births to NYS residents. The total number of NYS births is the sum of the totals reported in Tables 4b and 4c.

1. Race coding based on 1990 Census categories: White, Black, Other, Not Stated.
2. Total Births includes births with Race = "Not Stated".
3. Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated