Table 14: Live Births by Method of Delivery and Resident County, New York State - 2020

County Total Births Method of Delivery
Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Delivery 
# Vaginal # VBAC1 % VBAC2 #Cesarean %Cesarean3 #Primary %Primary4 #Repeat %Repeat Not Stated
New York State
New York State 207,590 137,428 4,904 13.7 69,741 33.7 38,866 22.7 30,875 14.9 421
New York City
New York City 94,857 63,819 2,386 15.4 31,031 32.7 17,968 22.6 13,063 13.8 7
Bronx 17,451 11,056 536 15.8 6,393 36.6 3,528 25.1 2,865 16.4 2
Kings 34,091 24,466 1,038 20.7 9,622 28.2 5,635 19.4 3,987 11.7 3
New York 14,048 9,318 240 12.7 4,729 33.7 3,085 25.4 1,644 11.7 1
Queens 24,389 15,778 482 11.3 8,610 35.3 4,843 24.0 3,767 15.4 1
Richmond 4,878 3,201 90 10.1 1,677 34.4 877 22.0 800 16.4 0
Rest of State
Rest of State 112,733 73,609 2,518 12.4 38,710 34.5 20,898 22.7 17,812 15.9 414
Albany 2,870 1,872 86 16.4 997 34.8 558 23.8 439 15.3 1
Allegany 457 323 9 13.0 127 28.2 67 17.6 60 13.3 7
Broome 1,785 1,165 28 8.4 618 34.7 313 21.6 305 17.1 2
Cattaraugus 831 467 9 6.8 269 36.5 145 24.0 124 16.8 95
Cayuga 702 468 12 10.3 232 33.1 128 21.9 104 14.9 2
Chautauqua 1,243 728 14 5.5 481 39.8 241 25.2 240 19.9 34
Chemung 806 556 22 18.6 250 31.0 154 22.4 96 11.9 0
Chenango 431 304 4 6.7 124 29.0 68 18.5 56 13.1 3
Clinton 637 424 19 14.6 208 32.9 97 19.3 111 17.6 5
Columbia 466 300 11 12.4 163 35.2 85 22.7 78 16.8 3
Cortland 463 330 4 6.3 123 27.2 64 16.4 59 13.0 10
Delaware 370 259 5 10.2 109 29.6 65 20.4 44 12.0 2
Dutchess 2,563 1,666 69 14.6 897 35.0 493 23.6 404 15.8 0
Erie 9,444 6,144 256 14.8 3,296 34.9 1,821 23.6 1,475 15.6 4
Essex 276 196 8 17.0 77 28.2 38 16.8 39 14.3 3
Franklin 445 299 15 19.0 137 31.4 73 20.4 64 14.7 9
Fulton 446 293 3 3.6 152 34.2 71 19.7 81 18.2 1
Genesee 548 367 10 10.3 181 33.0 94 20.8 87 15.9 0
Greene 398 267 10 15.2 131 32.9 75 22.6 56 14.1 0
Hamilton 25 22 0 0.0 3 12.0 3 12.0 0 0.0 0
Herkimer 616 403 11 9.6 210 34.3 107 21.4 103 16.8 3
Jefferson 1,791 1,288 34 14.4 493 27.7 291 18.8 202 11.3 10
Lewis 281 178 2 3.8 101 36.2 51 22.5 50 17.9 2
Livingston 512 361 15 17.9 145 28.7 76 18.0 69 13.6 6
Madison 545 365 11 11.1 166 31.3 78 18.1 88 16.6 14
Monroe 7,520 5,153 247 19.8 2,365 31.5 1,367 21.8 998 13.3 2
Montgomery 601 415 8 8.2 179 30.1 89 17.9 90 15.2 7
Nassau 13,331 8,409 215 8.4 4,914 36.9 2,580 23.9 2,334 17.5 8
Niagara 1,979 1,207 35 7.6 771 39.0 347 22.8 424 21.4 1
Oneida 2,385 1,493 48 9.5 882 37.1 424 22.7 458 19.3 10
Onondaga 4,858 3,229 100 12.4 1,628 33.5 924 22.8 704 14.5 1
Ontario 948 680 32 22.1 268 28.3 155 19.3 113 11.9 0
Orange 5,234 3,701 161 19.0 1,530 29.2 842 19.2 688 13.2 3
Orleans 394 255 5 7.2 139 35.3 75 23.1 64 16.2 0
Oswego 1,164 766 15 6.9 381 33.2 180 19.3 201 17.5 17
Otsego 478 340 15 21.4 118 25.8 63 16.2 55 12.0 20
Putnam 831 478 11 5.9 353 42.5 178 27.6 175 21.1 0
Rensselaer 1,579 1,057 30 11.9 521 33.0 298 22.5 223 14.1 1
Rockland 5,708 4,593 270 34.2 1,112 19.5 592 12.0 520 9.1 3
St Lawrence 1,013 571 23 11.0 370 39.3 184 25.1 186 19.8 72
Saratoga 1,969 1,297 29 9.7 669 34.0 400 24.0 269 13.7 3
Schenectady 1,729 1,162 43 14.2 567 32.8 308 21.6 259 15.0 0
Schoharie 239 162 5 11.9 76 31.9 39 19.9 37 15.5 1
Schuyler 163 119 3 12.0 43 26.5 21 15.3 22 13.6 1
Seneca 356 283 10 23.8 73 20.5 41 13.1 32 9.0 0
Steuben 923 601 19 11.1 309 34.0 157 21.2 152 16.7 13
Suffolk 14,712 8,547 210 6.7 6,160 41.9 3,252 28.1 2,908 19.8 5
Sullivan 867 573 21 15.9 293 33.8 182 24.8 111 12.8 1
Tioga 436 284 13 16.3 146 34.0 79 22.6 67 15.6 6
Tompkins 662 489 15 16.3 170 25.8 93 16.4 77 11.7 3
Ulster 1,473 916 32 11.8 553 37.6 313 26.1 240 16.3 4
Warren 498 317 10 10.9 181 36.3 99 24.4 82 16.5 0
Washington 532 374 12 14.0 157 29.6 83 18.7 74 13.9 1
Wayne 899 635 14 10.3 263 29.3 141 18.5 122 13.6 1
Westchester 9,634 5,962 179 9.9 3,665 38.1 2,036 26.0 1,629 16.9 7
Wyoming 351 236 6 10.9 114 32.6 65 22.0 49 14.0 1
Yates 316 260 15 50.0 50 16.1 35 12.5 15 4.8 6

1 VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.

2 VBAC % - VBAC/(VBAC+Repeat Cesarean)*100.

3 Cesarean % - Cesarean/All Births with Known Method*100.

4 Primary % - Primary Cesarean/(Primary Cesarean+Vaginal without Previous Cesarean)*100.