Table 4: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Race/Ethnicity, New York State 2013

Category Total1 Number Total Percent Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Non-Hispanic Total Non-Hispanic Percent White Only Number White Only Percent Black Only Number Black Only Percent Other Number Other Percent Hispanic2 Total Hispanic Percent White Only Number White Only Percent Black Only Number Black Only Percent
All Births 235,274 100.0 180,118 100.0 114,678 100.0 36,130 100.0 29,202 100.0 55,156 100.0 29,647 100.0 4,655 100.0
Sex
Male 120,415 51.2 92,426 51.3 58,949 51.4 18,421 51.0 15,001 51.4 27,989 50.7 15,082 50.9 2,352 50.5
Female 114,858 48.8 87,692 48.7 55,729 48.6 17,709 49.0 14,201 48.6 27,166 49.3 14,565 49.1 2,303 49.5
Not Stated 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Mother's Age
10 - 14 125 0.1 65 0.0 31 0.0 29 0.1 5 0.0 60 0.1 35 0.1 4 0.1
15 - 17 2,972 1.3 1,643 0.9 709 0.6 771 2.1 162 0.6 1,329 2.4 660 2.2 122 2.6
18 - 19 8,119 3.5 5,025 2.8 2,695 2.4 1,856 5.1 468 1.6 3,094 5.6 1,605 5.4 316 6.8
20 - 24 43,326 18.4 30,080 16.7 17,966 15.7 8,308 23.0 3,788 13.0 13,246 24.0 6,807 23.0 1,323 28.4
25 - 29 62,121 26.4 47,249 26.2 29,416 25.7 9,391 26.0 8,412 28.8 14,872 27.0 8,040 27.1 1,227 26.4
30 - 34 69,256 29.4 55,854 31.0 37,716 32.9 8,697 24.1 9,416 32.2 13,402 24.3 7,409 25.0 1,030 22.1
35 - 39 38,608 16.4 31,439 17.5 20,604 18.0 5,364 14.8 5,457 18.7 7,169 13.0 3,991 13.5 505 10.8
40 - 44 9,838 4.2 7,982 4.4 5,038 4.4 1,556 4.3 1,379 4.7 1,856 3.4 1,026 3.5 122 2.6
45 + 869 0.4 748 0.4 474 0.4 156 0.4 115 0.4 121 0.2 67 0.2 6 0.1
Not Stated 40 0.0 33 0.0 29 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 7 0.0 0 0.0
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 94,882 40.3 59,373 33.0 28,258 24.6 24,839 68.7 6,229 21.3 35,509 64.4 18,436 62.2 3,340 71.8
Married 138,170 58.7 118,804 66.0 84,699 73.9 11,213 31.0 22,853 78.3 19,366 35.1 11,097 37.4 1,304 28.0
Not Stated 2,222 0.9 1,941 1.1 1,721 1.5 78 0.2 120 0.4 281 0.5 114 0.4 11 0.2
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,197 1.4 2,451 1.4 1,100 1.0 1,027 2.8 319 1.1 746 1.4 366 1.2 76 1.6
1500-2499 gms 15,473 6.6 12,015 6.7 6,400 5.6 3,476 9.6 2,133 7.3 3,458 6.3 1,791 6.0 333 7.2
2500 + gms 216,314 91.9 165,588 91.9 107,120 93.4 31,625 87.5 26,748 91.6 50,726 92.0 27,478 92.7 4,246 91.2
Not Stated 290 0.1 64 0.0 58 0.1 2 0.0 2 0.0 226 0.4 12 0.0 0 0.0
Plurality
Single Births 225,890 96.0 172,249 95.6 109,419 95.4 34,523 95.6 28,202 96.6 53,641 97.3 28,839 97.3 4,549 97.7
Twins 9,042 3.8 7,575 4.2 5,024 4.4 1,579 4.4 972 3.3 1,467 2.7 792 2.7 106 2.3
Triplets + 306 0.1 270 0.1 216 0.2 28 0.1 26 0.1 36 0.1 12 0.0 0 0.0
Not Stated 36 0.0 24 0.0 19 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 12 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 171,098 72.7 134,259 74.5 90,501 78.9 22,365 61.9 21,349 73.1 36,839 66.8 20,365 68.7 2,886 62.0
4th - 6th month 44,563 18.9 31,724 17.6 17,428 15.2 8,707 24.1 5,569 19.1 12,839 23.3 6,523 22.0 1,243 26.7
7th - 9th month 12,077 5.1 8,564 4.8 3,257 2.8 3,573 9.9 1,725 5.9 3,513 6.4 1,790 6.0 407 8.7
No PNC 1,403 0.6 1,016 0.6 457 0.4 446 1.2 106 0.4 387 0.7 238 0.8 30 0.6
PNC Start Unk 2,392 1.0 1,857 1.0 1,356 1.2 324 0.9 160 0.5 535 1.0 242 0.8 27 0.6
PNC Unknown 3,741 1.6 2,698 1.5 1,679 1.5 715 2.0 293 1.0 1,043 1.9 489 1.6 62 1.3
Order of Birth
1st Child 99,279 42.2 78,069 43.3 49,396 43.1 14,719 40.7 13,911 47.6 21,210 38.5 11,363 38.3 1,970 42.3
2nd Child 75,080 31.9 57,357 31.8 36,469 31.8 10,672 29.5 10,179 34.9 17,723 32.1 9,597 32.4 1,481 31.8
3rd Child 34,856 14.8 25,058 13.9 15,696 13.7 5,822 16.1 3,529 12.1 9,798 17.8 5,292 17.9 731 15.7
4th Child + 25,973 11.0 19,587 10.9 13,102 11.4 4,898 13.6 1,575 5.4 6,386 11.6 3,389 11.4 465 10.0
Not Stated 86 0.0 47 0.0 15 0.0 19 0.1 8 0.0 39 0.1 6 0.0 8 0.2
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 153,341 65.2 117,443 65.2 76,009 66.3 22,149 61.3 19,222 65.8 35,898 65.1 19,209 64.8 3,061 65.8
Cesarean 80,310 34.1 61,598 34.2 37,749 32.9 13,924 38.5 9,898 33.9 18,712 33.9 10,233 34.5 1,588 34.1
Not Stated 1,623 0.7 1,077 0.6 920 0.8 57 0.2 82 0.3 546 1.0 205 0.7 6 0.1
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 41,753 17.7 21,743 12.1 9,185 8.0 7,024 19.4 5,516 18.9 20,010 36.3 10,336 34.9 1,254 26.9
12 Years 51,162 21.7 37,889 21.0 22,734 19.8 9,776 27.1 5,366 18.4 13,273 24.1 7,099 23.9 1,164 25.0
13-15 Years 58,226 24.7 44,626 24.8 27,300 23.8 11,862 32.8 5,454 18.7 13,600 24.7 7,487 25.3 1,499 32.2
16 Years 43,532 18.5 38,368 21.3 26,312 22.9 4,770 13.2 7,267 24.9 5,164 9.4 2,946 9.9 555 11.9
17+ Years 39,364 16.7 36,750 20.4 28,796 25.1 2,435 6.7 5,512 18.9 2,614 4.7 1,626 5.5 174 3.7
Not Stated 1,237 0.5 742 0.4 351 0.3 263 0.7 87 0.3 495 0.9 153 0.5 9 0.2
Place of Birth
Hospital 230,222 97.9 176,091 97.8 111,321 97.1 35,764 99.0 28,944 99.1 54,131 98.1 29,173 98.4 4,608 99.0
Home 2,208 0.9 1,747 1.0 1,398 1.2 219 0.6 111 0.4 461 0.8 216 0.7 28 0.6
Other 2,836 1.2 2,277 1.3 1,957 1.7 146 0.4 147 0.5 559 1.0 255 0.9 19 0.4
Not Stated 8 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Pl 115,259 49.0 75,168 41.7 35,731 31.2 23,868 66.1 15,523 53.2 40,091 72.7 21,043 71.0 3,558 76.4
Private Insurance 105,164 44.7 93,743 52.0 71,975 62.8 9,590 26.5 12,147 41.6 11,421 20.7 6,855 23.1 885 19.0
Self Pay 3,830 1.6 2,948 1.6 1,515 1.3 1,074 3.0 349 1.2 882 1.6 525 1.8 92 2.0
Indian Health Service 91 0.0 90 0.0 18 0.0 0 0.0 72 0.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 2,157 0.9 1,852 1.0 1,496 1.3 188 0.5 168 0.6 305 0.6 158 0.5 12 0.3
Child Health Plus B 4,728 2.0 3,249 1.8 1,827 1.6 806 2.2 616 2.1 1,479 2.7 675 2.3 69 1.5
Other Insurance 2,242 1.0 1,850 1.0 1,210 1.1 457 1.3 183 0.6 392 0.7 190 0.6 23 0.5
Not Stated 1,803 0.8 1,218 0.7 906 0.8 147 0.4 144 0.5 585 1.1 201 0.7 16 0.3
Attendant
Physician 208,286 88.5 160,123 88.9 100,132 87.3 32,694 90.5 27,244 93.3 48,163 87.3 26,513 89.4 4,057 87.2
Cert Midwife 23,781 10.1 17,688 9.8 12,836 11.2 3,055 8.5 1,768 6.1 6,093 11.0 2,762 9.3 545 11.7
Other 1,616 0.7 996 0.6 620 0.5 286 0.8 76 0.3 620 1.1 252 0.9 41 0.9
Not Stated 1,591 0.7 1,311 0.7 1,090 1.0 95 0.3 114 0.4 280 0.5 120 0.4 12 0.3
How Is Infant Fed3
Breast Milk only 88,663 41.9 74,182 45.7 56,742 54.0 9,186 29.8 8,221 31.2 14,481 29.4 7,957 29.9 1,348 32.2
Formula only 30,163 14.2 25,425 15.7 15,918 15.2 4,911 15.9 4,593 17.4 4,738 9.6 2,434 9.1 402 9.6
Both 89,868 42.5 60,489 37.3 30,668 29.2 16,438 53.3 13,351 50.6 29,379 59.6 15,983 60.1 2,409 57.5
Unknown 3,005 1.4 2,268 1.4 1,737 1.7 287 0.9 223 0.8 737 1.5 239 0.9 30 0.7
Pre-Pregnany Body Mass Index
Underweight 9,919 4.2 8,357 4.6 4,375 3.8 1,184 3.3 2,798 9.6 1,562 2.8 827 2.8 159 3.4
Normal Weight 114,068 48.5 90,736 50.4 59,837 52.2 12,911 35.7 17,950 61.5 23,332 42.3 12,941 43.7 1,897 40.8
Overweight 57,295 24.4 40,968 22.7 25,314 22.1 10,225 28.3 5,414 18.5 16,327 29.6 8,699 29.3 1,384 29.7
Obese 46,790 19.9 34,682 19.3 21,304 18.6 10,820 29.9 2,538 8.7 12,108 22.0 6,395 21.6 1,143 24.6
Unknown 7,202 3.1 5,375 3.0 3,848 3.4 990 2.7 502 1.7 1,827 3.3 785 2.6 72 1.5

1 Total Births includes births with unknown race.

2 Hispanic Total includes non-white and non-black births.

3 Infants admitted to the NICU or transferred to another hospital are excluded