Table 5: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Age, New York State 2018

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 225,162 57 1,641 5,191 33,860 57,760 71,246 43,742 10,627 1,032 6
Sex
Male 115,005 24 829 2,655 17,339 29,537 36,367 22,374 5,373 503 4
Female 110,149 33 812 2,536 16,521 28,221 34,875 21,366 5,254 529 2
Not Stated 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0
Race/Ethnicity
White Non-Hisp 108,614 9 371 1,645 14,250 26,258 38,043 22,547 4,988 500 3
Black Non-Hisp 32,087 13 364 1,032 5,880 8,827 8,494 5,670 1,617 190 0
Other Non-Hisp 32,213 3 104 380 3,457 8,431 11,147 6,872 1,642 177 0
Not Stated NH 272 0 2 6 39 57 75 74 14 3 2
Hispanic 51,976 32 800 2,128 10,234 14,187 13,487 8,579 2,366 162 1
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 85,083 57 1,602 4,506 21,025 25,108 18,594 10,855 3,048 288 0
Married 140,055 0 39 685 12,828 32,647 52,647 32,883 7,577 744 5
Not Stated 24 0 0 0 7 5 5 4 2 0 1
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 2,970 0 34 74 452 715 877 599 183 36 0
1500-2499 gms 15,145 7 138 386 2,248 3,654 4,558 3,087 924 142 1
2500 + gms 206,682 50 1,469 4,729 31,081 53,285 65,713 39,998 9,498 854 5
Not Stated 365 0 0 2 79 106 98 58 22 0 0
Plurality
Single Births 217,238 57 1,623 5,101 33,091 56,027 68,480 41,828 10,109 916 6
Twins 7,687 0 18 90 754 1,679 2,676 1,866 497 107 0
Triplets + 237 0 0 0 15 54 90 48 21 9 0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 168,269 16 784 2,954 22,340 42,323 56,273 34,621 8,188 766 4
4th - 6th month 38,576 21 559 1,512 7,745 10,435 10,155 6,257 1,702 189 1
7th - 9th month 10,575 16 195 454 2,186 2,930 2,731 1,601 414 47 1
No PNC 1,273 3 36 65 295 314 299 206 49 6 0
PNC Start Unk 2,581 1 40 96 531 707 661 425 112 8 0
PNC Unknown 3,888 0 27 110 763 1,051 1,127 632 162 16 0
Order of Birth
1st Child 91,773 57 1,537 4,391 19,874 24,524 26,653 11,735 2,644 357 1
2nd Child 72,211 0 98 717 10,131 18,619 24,124 15,104 3,128 287 3
3rd Child 34,442 0 5 77 3,050 8,957 11,328 8,843 2,040 141 1
4th Child + 26,698 0 0 6 800 5,651 9,125 8,056 2,813 246 1
Not Stated 38 0 1 0 5 9 16 4 2 1 0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 148,636 49 1,359 4,085 25,449 40,101 46,104 25,634 5,486 364 5
Cesarean 76,057 8 282 1,102 8,302 17,521 25,030 18,033 5,111 667 1
Not Stated 469 0 0 4 109 138 112 75 30 1 0
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 32,134 57 1,461 2,217 7,339 7,872 7,050 4,607 1,405 124 2
12 Years 51,621 0 160 2,228 14,279 15,371 11,238 6,392 1,792 161 0
13-15 Years 52,868 0 8 703 9,588 17,327 15,018 8,101 1,990 133 0
16 Years 45,750 0 0 12 2,003 10,886 18,704 11,336 2,525 284 0
17+ Years 41,462 0 0 1 385 5,977 18,886 13,049 2,836 326 2
Not Stated 1,327 0 12 30 266 327 350 257 79 4 2
Place of Birth
Hospital 218,064 57 1,623 5,104 32,959 56,198 68,839 42,090 10,207 987 0
Home 2,486 0 5 27 328 614 790 565 145 8 4
Other 4,606 0 13 60 572 947 1,614 1,087 274 37 2
Not Stated 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus 114,631 52 1,437 4,379 25,783 34,708 28,081 15,616 4,223 352 0
Private Insurance 101,279 2 134 539 6,174 20,402 40,626 26,710 6,032 656 4
Self Pay 2,279 1 13 65 480 652 563 372 121 10 2
Indian Health Service 68 0 0 4 17 20 15 11 1 0 0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,761 0 3 51 505 536 480 156 30 0 0
Child Health Plus B 1,923 0 22 67 327 515 584 337 65 6 0
Other Insurance 2,091 2 26 66 381 616 584 321 90 5 0
Not Stated 1,130 0 6 20 193 311 313 219 65 3 0
Attendant
Physician 201,065 47 1,380 4,384 28,941 50,795 64,578 40,152 9,810 976 2
Cert Midwife 22,278 10 254 778 4,534 6,422 6,226 3,273 733 46 2
Other 1,689 0 7 27 358 516 406 290 74 9 2
Not Stated 130 0 0 2 27 27 36 27 10 1 0
How Is Infant Fed1
Breast Milk only 91,353 8 423 1,478 11,390 22,406 31,849 19,305 4,139 351 4
Formula only 21,671 17 320 889 4,232 6,033 5,848 3,405 858 69 0
Both 80,236 22 642 2,091 13,640 21,571 23,559 14,500 3,839 372 0
Unknown 4,536 0 12 62 570 940 1,586 1,054 272 38 2
Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index
Underweight 8,410 3 121 320 1,883 2,431 2,247 1,127 261 17 0
Normal Weight 101,545 37 864 2,486 15,280 24,565 33,339 19,985 4,529 456 4
Overweight 58,170 11 350 1,181 8,164 14,973 18,353 11,751 3,051 334 2
Obese 51,064 4 235 1,019 7,499 14,160 15,620 9,815 2,513 199 0
Unknown 5,973 2 71 185 1,034 1,631 1,687 1,064 273 26 0

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