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

		Mother’s Age
		Total	<15	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45 +	N.S.
All Births		245,402	259	5,332	11,704	49,413	63,599	65,546	39,315	9,531	664	39
Sex
Male		125,837	122	2,754	6,032	25,321	32,518	33,706	20,165	4,860	345	14
Female		119,564	137	2,578	5,671	24,092	31,081	31,840	19,150	4,671	319	25
Not Stated		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Race
White		158,960	108	2,769	6,622	29,892	39,875	45,062	27,591	6,537	481	23
Black		51,486	125	1,967	3,903	12,894	13,199	10,687	6,743	1,867	95	6
Other		34,640	26	592	1,162	6,564	10,444	9,729	4,926	1,107	86	4
Not Stated		316	0	4	17	63	81	68	55	20	2	6
Ethnicity
Hispanic		57,618	101	2,331	4,349	15,535	15,886	11,628	6,215	1,496	70	7
NonHispanic		187,784	158	3,001	7,355	33,878	47,713	53,918	33,100	8,035	594	32
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock		94,705	255	5,010	9,999	31,067	23,943	13,998	8,007	2,260	163	3
Married		147,939	3	295	1,611	17,957	39,082	50,707	30,657	7,137	485	5
Not Stated		2,758	1	27	94	389	574	841	651	134	16	31
Birthweight
< 1500 gms		3,767	10	110	226	731	823	951	684	203	28	1
1500-2499 gms		16,605	23	446	914	3,372	3,965	4,122	2,765	857	136	5
2500 + gms		224,881	226	4,775	10,560	45,283	58,773	60,437	35,843	8,460	500	24
Not Stated		149	0	1	4	27	38	36	23	11	0	9
Pluraility
Single Births		236,157	257	5,246	11,465	48,253	61,574	62,608	37,294	8,931	492	37
Twins		8,739	2	83	236	1,145	1,920	2,716	1,911	571	154	1
Triplets +		501	0	3	3	13	105	221	109	29	18	0
Not Stated		5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month		174,854	90	2,510	6,574	31,313	45,633	50,704	30,416	7,150	462	2
4th - 6th month		45,563	94	1,834	3,353	12,188	11,879	9,287	5,332	1,470	125	1
7th - 9th month		10,567	43	564	960	2,866	2,674	2,025	1,125	296	14	0
None		795	4	43	66	180	192	148	122	37	3	0
Not Stated		13,623	28	381	751	2,866	3,221	3,382	2,320	578	60	36
Order of Birth
1st Child		104,176	254	4,885	9,484	26,790	26,233	22,807	10,942	2,538	226	17
2nd Child		78,162	5	415	1,921	15,665	20,709	23,203	13,212	2,823	196	13
3rd Child		37,502	0	30	267	5,251	10,188	11,298	8,469	1,892	103	4
4th Child +		25,562	0	2	32	1,707	6,469	8,238	6,692	2,278	139	5
Method of Delivery
Vaginal		168,303	215	4,333	9,240	37,805	45,358	42,558	23,418	5,095	254	27
Cesarean		77,071	44	998	2,463	11,602	18,237	22,981	15,890	4,436	410	10
Not Stated		28	0	1	1	6	4	7	7	0	0	2
Mother’s Education
< 12 Years		46,831	254	4,645	5,468	14,268	10,811	6,821	3,507	987	64	6
12 Years		65,340	0	620	4,718	19,129	17,854	12,917	7,969	2,011	111	11
13-15 Years		56,569	0	13	1,391	12,447	16,848	14,962	8,646	2,130	124	8
16 Years		38,812	0	1	0	2,314	10,001	14,894	9,236	2,197	165	4
17+ Years		35,518	0	0	2	721	7,417	15,448	9,620	2,111	196	3
Not Stated		2,332	5	53	125	534	668	504	337	95	4	7
Attendant
Physician		216,712	221	4,441	9,715	41,710	55,816	59,353	36,078	8,760	615	3
Cert Midwife		25,206	36	843	1,883	7,090	6,985	5,219	2,515	602	33	0
Other		1,108	1	24	43	310	325	215	136	46	1	7
Not Stated		2,376	1	24	63	303	473	759	586	123	15	29

(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.