Table 5: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Age, New York State 2016

Category Mother's Age
Total < 15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + N.S.
All Births 232,663 86 2,036 5,941 37,467 62,169 71,756 42,270 9,999 939 0
Sex
Male 118,978 47 1,010 3,080 19,217 31,804 36,587 21,635 5,128 470 0
Female 113,682 39 1,026 2,861 18,250 30,364 35,167 20,635 4,871 469 0
Not Stated 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Race/Ethnicity
White Non-Hisp 112,342 18 473 1,911 15,706 28,373 38,658 21,892 4,822 489 0
Black Non-Hisp 33,911 24 483 1,212 6,563 9,270 8,901 5,625 1,642 191 0
Other Non-Hisp 31,853 6 100 370 3,494 9,390 10,621 6,326 1,416 130 0
Not Stated NH 115 0 0 7 25 30 18 23 12 0 0
Hispanic 54,442 38 980 2,441 11,679 15,106 13,558 8,404 2,107 129 0
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 89,444 86 1,962 5,060 23,781 26,230 18,713 10,503 2,841 268 0
Married 141,299 0 69 868 13,593 35,625 52,260 31,210 7,018 656 0
Not Stated 1,920 0 5 13 93 314 783 557 140 15 0
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,096 1 41 97 469 731 930 603 187 37 0
1500-2499 gms 15,298 6 168 447 2,486 3,752 4,400 3,052 864 123 0
2500 + gms 213,975 79 1,825 5,395 34,438 57,606 66,351 38,578 8,926 777 0
Not Stated 294 0 2 2 74 80 75 37 22 2 0
Plurality
Single Births 223,996 84 2,012 5,823 36,568 60,213 68,945 40,063 9,484 804 0
Twins 8,449 2 24 118 878 1,901 2,732 2,151 509 134 0
Triplets + 218 0 0 0 21 55 79 56 6 1 0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 174,289 25 997 3,546 25,142 45,973 56,811 33,518 7,591 686 0
4th - 6th month 39,963 27 677 1,600 8,576 11,018 10,202 5,997 1,676 190 0
7th - 9th month 11,699 18 262 526 2,360 3,394 2,909 1,728 464 38 0
No PNC 1,190 6 38 68 319 281 264 160 51 3 0
PNC Start Unk 955 0 13 35 143 231 305 180 44 4 0
PNC Unknown 4,567 10 49 166 927 1,272 1,265 687 173 18 0
Order of Birth
1st Child 95,242 85 1,902 4,987 21,703 26,396 25,834 11,455 2,542 338 0
2nd Child 75,835 1 129 847 11,412 20,510 25,120 14,640 2,914 262 0
3rd Child 35,089 0 5 92 3,424 9,413 11,636 8,415 1,977 127 0
4th Child + 26,477 0 0 13 924 5,847 9,161 7,755 2,565 212 0
Not Stated 20 0 0 2 4 3 5 5 1 0 0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 153,734 76 1,668 4,672 28,162 43,025 46,122 24,566 5,116 327 0
Cesarean 78,445 10 368 1,262 9,186 19,001 25,520 17,636 4,852 610 0
Not Stated 484 0 0 7 119 143 114 68 31 2 0
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 36,073 86 1,797 2,629 8,492 9,265 7,641 4,653 1,413 97 0
12 Years 51,657 0 212 2,449 14,792 15,547 10,896 6,082 1,561 118 0
13-15 Years 56,195 0 11 803 11,272 18,371 15,503 8,100 1,967 168 0
16 Years 46,273 0 0 5 2,237 11,875 18,628 10,905 2,374 249 0
17+ Years 41,331 0 0 0 444 6,816 18,803 12,354 2,615 299 0
Not Stated 1,134 0 16 55 230 295 285 176 69 8 0
Place of Birth
Hospital 226,501 85 2,011 5,878 36,682 60,780 69,665 40,874 9,646 880 0
Home 2,343 0 10 25 335 591 736 503 125 18 0
Other 3,818 1 15 38 450 798 1,354 893 228 41 0
Not Stated 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus 120,003 77 1,724 4,992 28,795 37,342 28,055 14,931 3,797 290 0
Private Insurance 100,801 4 185 608 6,413 21,555 40,360 25,415 5,678 583 0
Self Pay 2,613 2 41 80 541 746 659 392 131 21 0
Indian Health Service 47 0 0 5 20 12 6 3 0 1 0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,859 0 6 63 494 631 471 159 28 7 0
Child Health Plus B 2,948 1 50 116 609 871 766 416 110 9 0
Other Insurance 1,610 2 14 47 336 476 435 230 65 5 0
Not Stated 2,782 0 16 30 259 536 1,004 724 190 23 0
Attendant
Physician 205,797 74 1,674 4,935 31,606 54,265 64,584 38,625 9,155 879 0
Cert Midwife 24,993 12 349 975 5,432 7,386 6,710 3,329 754 46 0
Other 1,753 0 12 28 408 485 426 294 87 13 0
Not Stated 120 0 1 3 21 33 36 22 3 1 0
How Is Infant Fed1
Breast Milk only 95,217 22 513 1,825 12,931 24,730 32,749 18,291 3,856 300 0
Formula only 23,480 25 411 993 4,767 6,678 6,144 3,540 842 80 0
Both 82,939 25 799 2,296 14,978 22,949 23,585 14,298 3,679 330 0
Unknown 3,894 0 16 53 465 815 1,354 913 234 44 0
Pre-Pregnany Body Mass Index
Underweight 9,452 6 147 396 2,138 2,752 2,470 1,259 259 25 0
Normal Weight 109,036 43 1,092 2,960 17,257 28,119 34,670 19,930 4,542 423 0
Overweight 58,652 17 445 1,305 8,928 15,800 18,068 11,095 2,735 259 0
Obese 49,258 6 274 1,066 7,942 13,843 14,753 8,961 2,208 205 0
Unknown 6,265 14 78 214 1,202 1,655 1,795 1,025 255 27 0

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