Table 5a: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Age

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Mother's Age
  Total < 15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + N. S.
All Births 249,000 271 5,417 11,614 49,585 63,657 68,552 39,636 9,588 644 36
Sex
Male 127,401 148 2,788 6,064 25,115 32,542 35,202 20,343 4,869 317 13
Female 121,593 123 2,629 5,550 24,469 31,114 33,347 19,292 4,719 327 23
Not Stated 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
Race
White 167,519 128 3,012 6,988 31,248 41,588 48,704 28,532 6,826 477 16
Black 47,038 111 1,888 3,513 11,815 11,814 9,828 6,209 1,756 94 10
Other 34,110 31 509 1,105 6,451 10,179 9,933 4,834 992 72 4
Not Stated 333 1 8 8 71 76 87 61 14 1 6
Ethnicity
Hispanic 56,950 123 2,337 4,206 15,523 15,382 11,757 6,116 1,435 66 5
NonHispanic 192,050 148 3,080 7,408 34,062 48,275 56,795 33,520 8,153 578 31
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 93,731 265 5,085 9,904 31,040 22,913 14,265 7,846 2,266 142 5
Married 152,011 6 310 1,624 18,069 40,075 53,223 31,071 7,149 484 0
Not Stated 3,258 0 22 86 476 669 1,064 719 173 18 31
Birthweight
under 1500 gms 3,964 8 118 225 703 950 992 727 216 22 3
1500-2499 gms 16,397 28 440 871 3,130 3,769 4,358 2,877 819 99 6
2500 + gms 228,471 235 4,858 10,513 45,718 58,896 63,160 35,999 8,545 523 24
Not Stated 168 0 1 5 34 42 42 33 8 0 3
Plurality
Single Births 239,118 271 5,335 11,378 48,481 61,524 65,336 37,285 8,971 505 32
Twins 9,327 0 79 229 1,078 2,018 2,989 2,202 595 133 4
Triplets + 540 0 3 6 25 112 221 146 21 6 0
Not Stated 15 0 0 1 1 3 6 3 1 0 0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 175,196 85 2,636 6,473 31,087 45,367 51,886 30,171 7,064 426 1
4th - 6th month 47,081 106 1,765 3,384 12,305 11,969 10,262 5,647 1,521 120 2
7th - 9th month 10,708 39 549 905 3,004 2,591 2,128 1,138 329 25 0
None 896 7 41 73 198 213 166 163 32 2 1
Not Stated 15,119 34 426 779 2,991 3,517 4,110 2,517 642 71 32
Order of Birth
1st Child 106,340 271 4,995 9,294 26,827 26,806 24,305 10,994 2,611 222 15
2nd Child 78,599 0 399 1,999 15,713 20,474 23,844 13,162 2,833 167 8
3rd Child 38,167 0 19 293 5,290 9,914 12,013 8,658 1,884 88 8
4th Child + 25,892 0 4 28 1,755 6,463 8,390 6,822 2,260 165 5
Not Stated 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 173,053 217 4,494 9,169 38,386 45,951 45,574 23,832 5,161 245 24
Cesarean 75,892 54 923 2,443 11,191 17,687 22,969 15,793 4,424 398 10
Not Stated 55 0 0 2 8 19 9 11 3 1 2
Mother's Education
Under 12 Yrs 47,082 269 4,736 5,581 14,371 10,656 6,947 3,516 927 75 4
12 Years 65,667 0 605 4,619 18,983 17,829 13,596 7,905 2,002 121 7
13-15 Years 58,714 0 21 1,308 12,565 17,153 16,139 9,223 2,183 112 10
16 Years 39,834 0 1 6 2,434 10,170 15,551 9,340 2,167 158 7
17+ Years 35,679 0 0 0 752 7,303 15,846 9,374 2,233 170 1
Not Stated 2,024 2 54 100 480 546 473 278 76 8 7
Place of Birth
Hospital 244,474 268 5,365 11,472 48,849 62,652 67,169 38,710 9,365 623 1
Home 1,239 3 15 37 217 319 340 229 69 7 3
Other 547 0 15 25 138 155 127 65 17 4 1
Not Stated 2,740 0 22 80 381 531 916 632 137 10 31
Attendant
Physician 221,726 219 4,525 9,752 42,312 56,440 62,536 36,438 8,885 607 12
Midwife 24,045 49 856 1,758 6,746 6,506 5,034 2,515 558 22 1
Other 947 2 17 54 227 280 202 125 30 4 6
Not Stated 2,282 1 19 50 300 431 780 558 115 11 17
  1. Race variable is coded differently for births recorded in NYS Exclusive of NYC and births recorded in NYC. For this table, "White Alone" is pooled with "White" and "Black Alone" is pooled with "Black." See the Technical Notes for details.