Table 4: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Race/Ethnicity, New York State - 2019

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 220,536 100.0 170,104 100.0 108,499 100.0 31,556 100.0 29,668 100.0 50,432 100.0 22,131 100.0 4,061 100.0
Sex
Male 112,531 51.0 87,132 51.2 55,604 51.2 15,967 50.6 15,372 51.8 25,399 50.4 11,088 50.1 2,029 50.0
Female 108,003 49.0 82,971 48.8 52,894 48.8 15,589 49.4 14,296 48.2 25,032 49.6 11,043 49.9 2,032 50.0
Not Stated 2 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Mother's Age
10 - 14 58 0.0 27 0.0 9 0.0 16 0.1 2 0.0 31 0.1 11 0.0 2 0.0
15 - 17 1,582 0.7 813 0.5 352 0.3 383 1.2 71 0.2 769 1.5 280 1.3 69 1.7
18 - 19 5,012 2.3 3,056 1.8 1,679 1.5 1,039 3.3 330 1.1 1,956 3.9 787 3.6 204 5.0
20 - 24 32,564 14.8 22,621 13.3 13,943 12.9 5,541 17.6 3,075 10.4 9,943 19.7 4,170 18.8 891 21.9
25 - 29 55,809 25.3 42,001 24.7 25,681 23.7 8,616 27.3 7,622 25.7 13,808 27.4 5,937 26.8 1,202 29.6
30 - 34 70,278 31.9 57,033 33.5 38,045 35.1 8,481 26.9 10,400 35.1 13,245 26.3 6,004 27.1 964 23.7
35 - 39 43,513 19.7 35,272 20.7 23,074 21.3 5,628 17.8 6,476 21.8 8,241 16.3 3,800 17.2 577 14.2
40 - 44 10,700 4.9 8,443 5.0 5,203 4.8 1,664 5.3 1,559 5.3 2,257 4.5 1,043 4.7 144 3.5
45 + 1,019 0.5 837 0.5 513 0.5 188 0.6 133 0.4 182 0.4 99 0.4 8 0.2
Not Stated 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 83,433 37.8 53,326 31.3 26,249 24.2 20,997 66.5 5,918 19.9 30,107 59.7 12,274 55.5 2,823 69.5
Married 137,086 62.2 116,764 68.6 82,242 75.8 10,557 33.5 23,749 80.0 20,322 40.3 9,854 44.5 1,238 30.5
Not Stated 17 0.0 14 0.0 8 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 2,959 1.3 2,251 1.3 932 0.9 951 3.0 364 1.2 708 1.4 256 1.2 66 1.6
1500-2499 gms 14,786 6.7 11,211 6.6 5,768 5.3 3,154 10.0 2,254 7.6 3,575 7.1 1,497 6.8 374 9.2
2500 + gms 202,403 91.8 156,545 92.0 101,722 93.8 27,445 87.0 27,049 91.2 45,858 90.9 20,368 92.0 3,620 89.1
Not Stated 388 0.2 97 0.1 77 0.1 6 0.0 1 0.0 291 0.6 10 0.0 1 0.0
Plurality
Single Births 213,209 96.7 164,170 96.5 104,735 96.5 30,267 95.9 28,800 97.1 49,039 97.2 21,577 97.5 3,914 96.4
Twins 7,147 3.2 5,786 3.4 3,650 3.4 1,271 4.0 852 2.9 1,361 2.7 546 2.5 147 3.6
Triplets + 180 0.1 148 0.1 114 0.1 18 0.1 16 0.1 32 0.1 8 0.0 0 0.0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 166,733 75.6 131,879 77.5 88,263 81.3 20,624 65.4 22,766 76.7 34,854 69.1 15,722 71.0 2,667 65.7
4th - 6th month 36,445 16.5 26,180 15.4 14,612 13.5 6,734 21.3 4,769 16.1 10,265 20.4 4,210 19.0 923 22.7
7th - 9th month 10,288 4.7 7,123 4.2 2,951 2.7 2,724 8.6 1,416 4.8 3,165 6.3 1,247 5.6 286 7.0
No PNC 1,630 0.7 1,183 0.7 599 0.6 392 1.2 176 0.6 447 0.9 187 0.8 46 1.1
PNC Start Unk 2,367 1.1 1,549 0.9 729 0.7 577 1.8 202 0.7 818 1.6 415 1.9 108 2.7
PNC Unknown 3,073 1.4 2,190 1.3 1,345 1.2 505 1.6 339 1.1 883 1.8 350 1.6 31 0.8
Order of Birth
1st Child 89,669 40.7 70,546 41.5 44,509 41.0 12,383 39.2 13,507 45.5 19,123 37.9 8,668 39.2 1,664 41.0
2nd Child 70,522 32.0 54,348 31.9 34,382 31.7 9,310 29.5 10,560 35.6 16,174 32.1 7,161 32.4 1,255 30.9
3rd Child 33,786 15.3 24,535 14.4 15,360 14.2 5,321 16.9 3,798 12.8 9,251 18.3 3,960 17.9 649 16.0
4th Child + 26,513 12.0 20,632 12.1 14,235 13.1 4,532 14.4 1,802 6.1 5,881 11.7 2,341 10.6 493 12.1
Not Stated 46 0.0 43 0.0 13 0.0 10 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 147,006 66.7 114,256 67.2 75,092 69.2 19,421 61.5 19,486 65.7 32,750 64.9 14,409 65.1 2,561 63.1
Cesarean 73,126 33.2 55,782 32.8 33,361 30.7 12,133 38.4 10,180 34.3 17,344 34.4 7,689 34.7 1,499 36.9
Not Stated 404 0.2 66 0.0 46 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 338 0.7 33 0.1 1 0.0
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 30,528 13.8 16,463 9.7 7,693 7.1 4,505 14.3 4,222 14.2 14,065 27.9 5,215 23.6 766 18.9
12 Years 50,578 22.9 37,304 21.9 22,480 20.7 9,322 29.5 5,448 18.4 13,274 26.3 5,622 25.4 1,033 25.4
13-15 Years 51,191 23.2 38,183 22.4 22,629 20.9 9,979 31.6 5,530 18.6 13,008 25.8 6,024 27.2 1,412 34.8
16 Years 45,792 20.8 39,617 23.3 26,841 24.7 4,809 15.2 7,920 26.7 6,175 12.2 3,223 14.6 552 13.6
17+ Years 40,899 18.5 37,576 22.1 28,494 26.3 2,623 8.3 6,408 21.6 3,323 6.6 1,927 8.7 280 6.9
Not Stated 1,548 0.7 961 0.6 362 0.3 318 1.0 140 0.5 587 1.2 120 0.5 18 0.4
Place of Birth
Hospital 213,492 96.8 164,248 96.6 103,645 95.5 31,074 98.5 29,220 98.5 49,244 97.6 21,659 97.9 3,981 98.0
Home 2,507 1.1 2,049 1.2 1,709 1.6 212 0.7 106 0.4 458 0.9 171 0.8 34 0.8
Other 4,536 2.1 3,807 2.2 3,145 2.9 270 0.9 342 1.2 729 1.4 301 1.4 46 1.1
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
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Pl 110,252 50.0 73,947 43.5 37,510 34.6 20,779 65.8 15,482 52.2 36,305 72.0 15,125 68.3 2,979 73.4
Private Insurance 100,146 45.4 88,420 52.0 65,976 60.8 9,043 28.7 13,255 44.7 11,726 23.3 6,272 28.3 979 24.1
Self Pay 2,241 1.0 1,928 1.1 1,357 1.3 293 0.9 266 0.9 313 0.6 137 0.6 19 0.5
Indian Health Service 52 0.0 50 0.0 12 0.0 0 0.0 38 0.1 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,797 0.8 1,493 0.9 1,127 1.0 191 0.6 174 0.6 304 0.6 165 0.7 21 0.5
Child Health Plus B 2,558 1.2 1,776 1.0 1,263 1.2 300 1.0 213 0.7 782 1.6 185 0.8 25 0.6
Other Insurance 2,024 0.9 1,578 0.9 1,013 0.9 389 1.2 169 0.6 446 0.9 144 0.7 24 0.6
Not Stated 1,466 0.7 912 0.5 241 0.2 561 1.8 71 0.2 554 1.1 103 0.5 14 0.3
Attendant
Physician 195,452 88.6 150,749 88.6 94,084 86.7 28,404 90.0 27,960 94.2 44,703 88.6 19,864 89.8 3,666 90.3
Cert Midwife 23,207 10.5 18,080 10.6 13,482 12.4 2,907 9.2 1,630 5.5 5,127 10.2 2,114 9.6 360 8.9
Other 1,737 0.8 1,161 0.7 844 0.8 223 0.7 75 0.3 576 1.1 141 0.6 35 0.9
Not Stated 140 0.1 114 0.1 89 0.1 22 0.1 3 0.0 26 0.1 12 0.1 0 0.0
How Is Infant Fed3
Breast Milk only 89,517 46.2 73,947 49.3 54,351 55.7 9,061 34.6 10,381 40.0 15,570 35.4 7,860 40.1 1,127 32.0
Formula only 20,916 10.8 17,342 11.6 11,119 11.4 3,560 13.6 2,642 10.2 3,574 8.1 1,547 7.9 378 10.7
Both 78,984 40.7 54,969 36.7 29,041 29.8 13,252 50.7 12,576 48.5 24,015 54.5 9,871 50.3 1,976 56.1
Unknown 4,549 2.3 3,664 2.4 2,987 3.1 280 1.1 348 1.3 885 2.0 327 1.7 39 1.1
Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index
Underweight 7,693 3.5 6,549 3.8 3,515 3.2 913 2.9 2,110 7.1 1,144 2.3 520 2.3 114 2.8
Normal Weight 97,638 44.3 79,395 46.7 52,855 48.7 9,658 30.6 16,726 56.4 18,243 36.2 8,371 37.8 1,324 32.6
Overweight 57,259 26.0 41,549 24.4 25,858 23.8 8,951 28.4 6,663 22.5 15,710 31.2 6,682 30.2 1,222 30.1
Obese 51,783 23.5 38,010 22.3 23,320 21.5 11,111 35.2 3,520 11.9 13,773 27.3 5,752 26.0 1,318 32.5
Unknown 6,163 2.8 4,601 2.7 2,951 2.7 923 2.9 649 2.2 1,562 3.1 806 3.6 83 2.0

1 Total Births includes births with unknown race.

2 Hispanic Total includes all births with Hispanic origin regardless of race.

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