Table 4a: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Race/Ethnicity, New York State 2007

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 252,662 100.0 164,555 100.0 52,450 100.0 35,324 100.0 60,326 100.0
Sex
Male 129,027 51.1 84,170 51.2 26,580 50.7 18,107 51.3 30,555 50.6
Female 123,630 48.9 80,384 48.8 25,867 49.3 17,217 48.7 29,770 49.3
Not Stated 5 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Mother's Age
10 - 14 193 0.1 86 0.1 87 0.2 20 0.1 86 0.1
15 - 17 5,277 2.1 2,892 1.8 1,938 3.7 443 1.3 2,361 3.9
18 - 19 12,322 4.9 7,166 4.4 4,086 7.8 1,057 3.0 4,619 7.7
20 - 24 51,543 20.4 31,731 19.3 13,400 25.5 6,346 18.0 16,011 26.5
25 - 29 67,290 26.6 42,798 26.0 13,699 26.1 10,699 30.3 16,878 28.0
30 - 34 66,128 26.2 45,151 27.4 10,641 20.3 10,253 29.0 12,278 20.4
35 - 39 39,457 15.6 27,614 16.8 6,485 12.4 5,314 15.0 6,418 10.6
40 - 44 9,613 3.8 6,549 4.0 1,961 3.7 1,084 3.1 1,564 2.6
45 + 811 0.3 557 0.3 146 0.3 104 0.3 108 0.2
Not Stated 28 0.0 11 0.0 7 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 102,394 40.5 55,130 33.5 36,617 69.8 10,587 30.0 38,843 64.4
Married 147,271 58.3 106,857 64.9 15,706 29.9 24,502 69.4 21,234 35.2
Not Stated 2,997 1.2 2,568 1.6 127 0.2 235 0.7 249 0.4
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,716 1.5 1,882 1.1 1,439 2.7 391 1.1 818 1.4
1500-2499 gms 16,844 6.7 9,813 6.0 4,709 9.0 2,307 6.5 3,819 6.3
2500 + gms 231,904 91.8 152,804 92.9 46,294 88.3 32,622 92.4 55,679 92.3
Not Stated 198 0.1 56 0.0 8 0.0 4 0.0 10 0.0
Plurality
Single Births 242,624 96.0 157,538 95.7 50,407 96.1 34,363 97.3 58,748 97.4
Twins 9,536 3.8 6,625 4.0 1,973 3.8 926 2.6 1,520 2.5
Triplets + 488 0.2 382 0.2 68 0.1 35 0.1 57 0.1
Not Stated 14 0.0 10 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 174,949 69.2 119,641 72.7 32,223 61.4 22,961 65.0 38,218 63.4
4th - 6th month 49,770 19.7 28,438 17.3 12,618 24.1 8,689 24.6 15,189 25.2
7th - 9th month 10,815 4.3 5,377 3.3 3,655 7.0 1,773 5.0 3,461 5.7
No PNC 1,369 0.5 645 0.4 592 1.1 125 0.4 325 0.5
PNC Start Unk 6,128 2.4 4,717 2.9 751 1.4 650 1.8 861 1.4
PNC Unknown 9,631 3.8 5,737 3.5 2,611 5.0 1,126 3.2 2,272 3.8
Order of Birth
1st Child 109,492 43.3 70,418 42.8 22,287 42.5 16,555 46.9 24,956 41.4
2nd Child 79,398 31.4 51,976 31.6 15,150 28.9 12,231 34.6 18,839 31.2
3rd Child 37,233 14.7 24,604 15.0 8,275 15.8 4,323 12.2 10,163 16.8
4th Child + 26,538 10.5 17,557 10.7 6,738 12.8 2,215 6.3 6,368 10.6
Not Stated 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 167,600 66.3 109,753 66.7 33,651 64.2 23,919 67.7 40,731 67.5
Cesarean 85,016 33.6 54,779 33.3 18,784 35.8 11,398 32.3 19,575 32.4
Not Stated 46 0.0 23 0.0 15 0.0 7 0.0 20 0.0
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 48,506 19.2 27,158 16.5 12,080 23.0 9,245 26.2 23,817 39.5
12 Years 66,059 26.1 39,386 23.9 17,414 33.2 9,194 26.0 17,457 28.9
13-15 Years 58,266 23.1 38,322 23.3 14,233 27.1 5,679 16.1 11,529 19.1
16 Years 39,877 15.8 28,756 17.5 5,099 9.7 5,999 17.0 4,085 6.8
17+ Years 38,599 15.3 30,187 18.3 3,350 6.4 5,046 14.3 3,210 5.3
Not Stated 1,355 0.5 746 0.5 274 0.5 161 0.5 228 0.4
Place of Birth
Hospital 247,736 98.1 160,697 97.7 51,967 99.1 34,967 99.0 59,815 99.2
Home 1,468 0.6 997 0.6 226 0.4 88 0.2 158 0.3
Other 3,454 1.4 2,859 1.7 257 0.5 269 0.8 353 0.6
Not Stated 4 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Attendant
Physician 223,460 88.4 144,306 87.7 47,116 89.8 31,895 90.3 52,958 87.8
Cert Midwife 24,832 9.8 17,011 10.3 4,719 9.0 3,071 8.7 6,725 11.1
Other 1,810 0.7 1,046 0.6 476 0.9 146 0.4 399 0.7
Not Stated 2,560 1.0 2,192 1.3 139 0.3 212 0.6 244 0.4

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.

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.