Table 4b Live Births by Financial Coverage and Mother's Race/Ethnicity, Births Recorded Outside NYC - 2006

Category Total2 Number Total Percent Race1/Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other Number Other Percent   Hispanic3 Number Hispanic Percent
All Births 127,882 100.0 99,603 100.0 13,133 100.0 15,003 100.0 19,316 100.0
Primary Financial Coverage*
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus 39,938 31.2 26,219 26.3 6,874 52.3 6,837 45.6 11,917 61.7
Private Insurance 76,819 60.1 64,954 65.2 5,038 38.4 6,815 45.4 5,744 29.7
Self Pay 3,014 2.4 2,261 2.3 400 3.0 336 2.2 690 3.6
Indian Health Service 89 0.1 21 0.0 4 0.0 64 0.4 5 0.0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,525 1.2 1,220 1.2 145 1.1 159 1.1 169 0.9
Child Health Plus B 1,907 1.5 1,386 1.4 273 2.1 248 1.7 265 1.4
Other Insurance 2,732 2.1 2,081 2.1 322 2.5 329 2.2 354 1.8
Not Stated 1,858 1.5 1,461 1.5 77 0.6 215 1.4 172 0.9

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

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 deta ils.

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.