Table 4: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Race/Ethnicity, New York State 2015

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 235,964 100.0 179,870 100.0 113,097 100.0 34,659 100.0 30,554 100.0 56,094 100.0 29,244 100.0 4,062 100.0
Sex
Male 121,175 51.4 92,558 51.5 58,211 51.5 17,671 51.0 15,835 51.8 28,617 51.0 14,879 50.9 2,069 50.9
Female 114,786 48.6 87,310 48.5 54,885 48.5 16,987 49.0 14,719 48.2 27,476 49.0 14,365 49.1 1,993 49.1
Not Stated 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Mother's Age
10 - 14 94 0.0 45 0.0 13 0.0 27 0.1 4 0.0 49 0.1 18 0.1 3 0.1
15 - 17 2,417 1.0 1,269 0.7 570 0.5 562 1.6 137 0.4 1,148 2.0 546 1.9 85 2.1
18 - 19 6,516 2.8 3,905 2.2 2,148 1.9 1,357 3.9 396 1.3 2,611 4.7 1,276 4.4 198 4.9
20 - 24 40,031 17.0 27,655 15.4 16,730 14.8 7,184 20.7 3,667 12.0 12,376 22.1 6,056 20.7 1,084 26.7
25 - 29 62,777 26.6 47,247 26.3 28,921 25.6 9,440 27.2 8,657 28.3 15,530 27.7 8,059 27.6 1,143 28.1
30 - 34 71,701 30.4 57,733 32.1 38,186 33.8 8,764 25.3 10,172 33.3 13,968 24.9 7,549 25.8 922 22.7
35 - 39 41,446 17.6 33,271 18.5 21,255 18.8 5,528 15.9 5,986 19.6 8,175 14.6 4,524 15.5 498 12.3
40 - 44 10,049 4.3 7,952 4.4 4,793 4.2 1,619 4.7 1,417 4.6 2,097 3.7 1,136 3.9 120 3.0
45 + 927 0.4 789 0.4 477 0.4 178 0.5 118 0.4 138 0.2 80 0.3 8 0.2
Not Stated 6 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 93,314 39.5 58,124 32.3 28,286 25.0 23,392 67.5 6,219 20.4 35,190 62.7 17,424 59.6 2,886 71.0
Married 142,309 60.3 121,414 67.5 84,503 74.7 11,261 32.5 24,322 79.6 20,895 37.2 11,813 40.4 1,176 29.0
Not Stated 341 0.1 332 0.2 308 0.3 6 0.0 13 0.0 9 0.0 7 0.0 0 0.0
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,207 1.4 2,438 1.4 1,121 1.0 953 2.7 349 1.1 769 1.4 378 1.3 89 2.2
1500-2499 gms 15,212 6.4 11,664 6.5 6,015 5.3 3,267 9.4 2,273 7.4 3,548 6.3 1,800 6.2 295 7.3
2500 + gms 217,235 92.1 165,702 92.1 105,918 93.7 30,433 87.8 27,932 91.4 51,533 91.9 27,045 92.5 3,677 90.5
Not Stated 310 0.1 66 0.0 43 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0 244 0.4 21 0.1 1 0.0
Plurality
Single Births 227,264 96.3 172,760 96.0 108,426 95.9 33,209 95.8 29,630 97.0 54,504 97.2 28,389 97.1 3,941 97.0
Twins 8,417 3.6 6,869 3.8 4,514 4.0 1,398 4.0 894 2.9 1,548 2.8 828 2.8 121 3.0
Triplets + 280 0.1 238 0.1 156 0.1 52 0.2 30 0.1 42 0.1 27 0.1 0 0.0
Not Stated 3 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 174,363 73.9 136,244 75.7 91,263 80.7 21,868 63.1 23,069 75.5 38,119 68.0 20,795 71.1 2,661 65.5
4th - 6th month 41,215 17.5 28,862 16.0 15,829 14.0 7,764 22.4 5,245 17.2 12,353 22.0 5,894 20.2 914 22.5
7th - 9th month 11,292 4.8 8,068 4.5 2,959 2.6 3,445 9.9 1,648 5.4 3,224 5.7 1,627 5.6 267 6.6
No PNC 1,174 0.5 849 0.5 408 0.4 331 1.0 104 0.3 325 0.6 191 0.7 23 0.6
PNC Start Unk 3,233 1.4 2,611 1.5 752 0.7 305 0.9 95 0.3 622 1.1 121 0.4 65 1.6
PNC Unknown 4,687 2.0 3,236 1.8 1,886 1.7 946 2.7 393 1.3 1,451 2.6 616 2.1 132 3.2
Order of Birth
1st Child 97,117 41.2 75,902 42.2 48,084 42.5 13,813 39.9 13,964 45.7 21,215 37.8 11,246 38.5 1,714 42.2
2nd Child 75,243 31.9 57,316 31.9 35,978 31.8 10,298 29.7 11,020 36.1 17,927 32.0 9,563 32.7 1,274 31.4
3rd Child 35,362 15.0 25,183 14.0 15,567 13.8 5,727 16.5 3,873 12.7 10,179 18.1 5,271 18.0 672 16.5
4th Child + 26,478 11.2 20,000 11.1 13,464 11.9 4,818 13.9 1,696 5.6 6,478 11.5 3,160 10.8 400 9.8
Not Stated 1,764 0.7 1,469 0.8 4 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 295 0.5 4 0.0 2 0.0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 154,463 65.5 118,172 65.7 76,819 67.9 21,301 61.5 19,970 65.4 36,291 64.7 18,929 64.7 2,573 63.3
Cesarean 78,992 33.5 59,882 33.3 35,955 31.8 13,336 38.5 10,572 34.6 19,110 34.1 10,164 34.8 1,486 36.6
Not Stated 2,509 1.1 1,816 1.0 323 0.3 22 0.1 12 0.0 693 1.2 151 0.5 3 0.1
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 38,550 16.3 19,748 11.0 8,481 7.5 6,013 17.3 5,219 17.1 18,802 33.5 9,393 32.1 912 22.5
12 Years 51,763 21.9 38,119 21.2 22,539 19.9 9,570 27.6 5,919 19.4 13,644 24.3 6,944 23.7 979 24.1
13-15 Years 58,018 24.6 43,696 24.3 26,197 23.2 11,520 33.2 5,784 18.9 14,322 25.5 7,492 25.6 1,448 35.6
16 Years 45,319 19.2 39,539 22.0 26,692 23.6 4,781 13.8 7,592 24.8 5,780 10.3 3,294 11.3 508 12.5
17+ Years 41,083 17.4 38,062 21.2 28,826 25.5 2,572 7.4 5,956 19.5 3,021 5.4 1,962 6.7 203 5.0
Not Stated 1,231 0.5 706 0.4 362 0.3 203 0.6 84 0.3 525 0.9 159 0.5 12 0.3
Place of Birth
Hospital 229,663 97.3 174,697 97.1 109,975 97.2 34,343 99.1 30,314 99.2 54,966 98.0 28,846 98.6 4,032 99.3
Home 2,350 1.0 1,901 1.1 1,574 1.4 191 0.6 110 0.4 449 0.8 200 0.7 21 0.5
Other 3,948 1.7 3,270 1.8 1,547 1.4 124 0.4 130 0.4 678 1.2 198 0.7 9 0.2
Not Stated 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Pl 122,883 52.1 80,990 45.0 39,636 35.0 24,092 69.5 17,208 56.3 41,893 74.7 21,297 72.8 3,072 75.6
Private Insurance 101,599 43.1 90,137 50.1 68,668 60.7 8,996 26.0 12,445 40.7 11,462 20.4 7,087 24.2 889 21.9
Self Pay 2,554 1.1 2,064 1.1 1,151 1.0 616 1.8 286 0.9 490 0.9 342 1.2 28 0.7
Indian Health Service 53 0.0 52 0.0 7 0.0 2 0.0 43 0.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 2,106 0.9 1,810 1.0 1,447 1.3 177 0.5 186 0.6 296 0.5 149 0.5 19 0.5
Child Health Plus B 2,568 1.1 1,592 0.9 1,055 0.9 343 1.0 194 0.6 976 1.7 154 0.5 23 0.6
Other Insurance 1,731 0.7 1,425 0.8 910 0.8 351 1.0 162 0.5 306 0.5 125 0.4 22 0.5
Not Stated 2,470 1.0 1,800 1.0 223 0.2 82 0.2 30 0.1 670 1.2 90 0.3 9 0.2
Attendant
Physician 208,791 88.5 159,607 88.7 98,719 87.3 31,034 89.5 28,385 92.9 49,184 87.7 26,083 89.2 3,658 90.1
Cert Midwife 25,217 10.7 18,990 10.6 13,540 12.0 3,329 9.6 2,046 6.7 6,227 11.1 2,858 9.8 382 9.4
Other 1,825 0.8 1,170 0.7 772 0.7 269 0.8 115 0.4 655 1.2 284 1.0 21 0.5
Not Stated 131 0.1 103 0.1 66 0.1 27 0.1 8 0.0 28 0.0 19 0.1 1 0.0
How Is Infant Fed3
Breast Milk only 93,202 44.3 77,452 48.2 57,707 56.1 9,589 32.8 10,114 37.5 15,750 31.7 8,898 34.4 1,169 32.4
Formula only 24,860 11.8 21,006 13.1 13,403 13.0 4,089 14.0 3,505 13.0 3,854 7.8 1,969 7.6 333 9.2
Both 87,959 41.8 58,718 36.5 30,195 29.3 15,349 52.5 13,140 48.8 29,241 58.9 14,874 57.4 2,086 57.8
Unknown 4,304 2.0 3,477 2.2 1,593 1.5 234 0.8 180 0.7 827 1.7 160 0.6 19 0.5
Pre-Pregnany Body Mass Index
Underweight 9,745 4.1 8,231 4.6 4,314 3.8 1,057 3.0 2,852 9.3 1,514 2.7 772 2.6 156 3.8
Normal Weight 110,896 47.0 88,031 48.9 57,952 51.2 11,812 34.1 18,238 59.7 22,865 40.8 12,302 42.1 1,631 40.2
Overweight 58,157 24.6 41,388 23.0 25,628 22.7 9,809 28.3 5,943 19.5 16,769 29.9 8,738 29.9 1,128 27.8
Obese 48,578 20.6 35,855 19.9 21,997 19.4 10,893 31.4 2,954 9.7 12,723 22.7 6,357 21.7 1,082 26.6
Unknown 8,588 3.6 6,365 3.5 3,206 2.8 1,088 3.1 567 1.9 2,223 4.0 1,075 3.7 65 1.6

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