Table 5: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Age, New York State 2017

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 228,501 68 1,794 5,659 35,517 59,931 71,022 43,180 10,328 996 6
Sex
Male 117,098 38 912 2,842 18,097 30,739 36,440 22,313 5,216 496 5
Female 111,398 30 882 2,817 17,420 29,190 34,580 20,866 5,112 500 1
Not Stated 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Race/Ethnicity
White Non-Hisp 110,692 10 421 1,843 14,944 27,452 38,117 22,357 5,037 506 5
Black Non-Hisp 33,657 16 408 1,159 6,273 9,234 8,931 5,765 1,677 194 0
Other Non-Hisp 30,512 1 95 373 3,347 8,371 10,320 6,455 1,415 135 0
Not Stated NH 170 0 2 4 22 40 48 32 18 4 0
Hispanic 53,470 41 868 2,280 10,931 14,834 13,606 8,571 2,181 157 1
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 86,811 68 1,737 4,877 22,226 25,521 18,542 10,600 2,952 288 0
Married 139,775 0 52 771 13,190 34,102 51,728 31,994 7,243 689 6
Not Stated 1,915 0 5 11 101 308 752 586 133 19 0
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,198 1 41 110 503 747 930 670 170 26 0
1500-2499 gms 15,225 6 158 444 2,439 3,624 4,395 3,102 915 142 0
2500 + gms 209,687 61 1,594 5,101 32,486 55,449 65,599 39,344 9,226 823 4
Not Stated 391 0 1 4 89 111 98 64 17 5 2
Plurality
Single Births 220,180 68 1,760 5,565 34,673 58,115 68,181 41,171 9,778 863 6
Twins 8,025 0 34 94 832 1,755 2,740 1,922 529 119 0
Triplets + 291 0 0 0 12 58 101 86 21 13 0
Not Stated 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 170,476 14 841 3,217 23,512 43,892 56,068 34,268 7,941 722 1
4th - 6th month 39,934 29 625 1,644 8,265 11,144 10,184 6,130 1,719 192 2
7th - 9th month 11,261 15 233 475 2,315 3,076 2,973 1,700 420 53 1
No PNC 753 1 14 55 170 212 182 90 27 2 0
PNC Start Unk 1,128 6 21 76 235 260 290 180 54 5 1
PNC Unknown 4,949 3 60 192 1,020 1,347 1,325 812 167 22 1
Order of Birth
1st Child 92,513 68 1,673 4,765 20,598 25,148 25,811 11,571 2,543 334 2
2nd Child 73,682 0 114 790 10,823 19,621 24,284 14,710 3,069 269 2
3rd Child 35,173 0 7 91 3,262 9,374 11,531 8,804 1,970 133 1
4th Child + 27,122 0 0 13 832 5,787 9,395 8,091 2,743 260 1
Not Stated 11 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 150,325 60 1,471 4,454 26,691 41,444 45,615 24,974 5,288 323 5
Cesarean 77,614 8 322 1,198 8,681 18,331 25,285 18,108 5,015 666 0
Not Stated 562 0 1 7 145 156 122 98 25 7 1
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 34,654 68 1,576 2,511 7,924 8,650 7,540 4,797 1,422 161 5
12 Years 51,617 0 189 2,366 14,402 15,561 11,129 6,135 1,681 154 0
13-15 Years 54,216 0 11 745 10,414 17,729 15,128 8,094 1,954 141 0
16 Years 45,740 0 0 10 2,097 11,457 18,329 11,211 2,409 227 0
17+ Years 41,079 0 1 0 425 6,234 18,590 12,737 2,790 302 0
Not Stated 1,195 0 17 27 255 300 306 206 72 11 1
Place of Birth
Hospital 221,889 67 1,774 5,597 34,653 58,415 68,827 41,676 9,939 941 0
Home 2,368 1 10 22 348 593 754 484 138 12 6
Other 4,242 0 10 40 515 923 1,440 1,020 251 43 0
Not Stated 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus 116,084 58 1,504 4,671 26,622 35,841 27,863 15,188 3,979 358 0
Private Insurance 99,453 2 157 621 6,468 20,422 39,563 25,814 5,833 573 0
Self Pay 2,637 1 33 63 531 730 678 438 136 22 5
Indian Health Service 41 0 0 3 15 17 2 4 0 0 0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,976 1 5 61 521 667 489 200 30 2 0
Child Health Plus B 3,924 2 61 170 809 1,220 996 539 114 13 0
Other Insurance 1,687 1 22 48 317 522 462 243 69 3 0
Not Stated 2,699 3 12 22 234 512 969 754 167 25 1
Attendant
Physician 202,962 57 1,468 4,724 30,191 52,507 64,040 39,510 9,534 931 0
Cert Midwife 23,626 10 316 898 4,871 6,878 6,523 3,371 704 55 0
Other 1,783 1 10 32 436 504 421 280 84 10 5
Not Stated 130 0 0 5 19 42 38 19 6 0 1
How Is Infant Fed1
Breast Milk only 93,194 10 432 1,621 12,271 23,783 31,691 18,965 4,102 315 4
Formula only 21,693 17 355 957 4,284 6,040 5,824 3,350 786 80 0
Both 81,279 28 729 2,249 14,119 22,054 23,752 14,278 3,699 371 0
Unknown 4,225 0 14 63 500 895 1,433 1,022 252 44 2
Pre-Pregnany Body Mass Index
Underweight 8,911 7 127 396 2,010 2,496 2,400 1,206 240 29 0
Normal Weight 104,808 37 955 2,713 16,191 26,381 33,517 20,097 4,476 439 2
Overweight 58,469 15 378 1,309 8,495 15,394 18,191 11,451 2,936 298 2
Obese 49,705 6 243 1,008 7,591 13,845 15,105 9,312 2,395 200 0
Unknown 6,608 3 91 233 1,230 1,815 1,809 1,114 281 30 2

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