Table 14: Live Births by Method of Delivery and Resident County, New York State - 2021

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 209,947 137,428 5,015 14.0 71,350 34.2 40,420 23.4 30,930 14.8 1,169
New York City
New York City 92,523 62,314 2,411 16.3 30,189 32.6 17,802 22.9 12,387 13.4 20
Bronx 16,834 10,713 542 16.3 6,115 36.3 3,328 24.7 2,787 16.6 6
Kings 33,384 24,061 1,077 22.6 9,317 27.9 5,630 19.7 3,687 11.0 6
New York 13,696 9,026 274 14.9 4,669 34.1 3,107 26.2 1,562 11.4 1
Queens 23,622 15,223 452 11.3 8,394 35.5 4,838 24.7 3,556 15.1 5
Richmond 4,987 3,291 66 7.7 1,694 34.0 899 21.8 795 15.9 2
Rest of State
Rest of State 117,424 75,114 2,604 12.3 41,161 35.4 22,618 23.8 18,543 15.9 1,149
Albany 2,925 1,832 85 16.1 1,093 37.4 649 27.1 444 15.2 0
Allegany 498 341 7 9.1 141 29.3 71 17.5 70 14.5 16
Broome 1,842 1,200 38 10.9 640 34.8 329 22.1 311 16.9 2
Cattaraugus 793 478 14 11.2 234 32.9 123 21.0 111 15.6 81
Cayuga 659 435 8 7.1 219 33.5 114 21.1 105 16.1 5
Chautauqua 1,253 759 13 5.5 453 37.4 229 23.5 224 18.5 41
Chemung 821 590 19 15.0 231 28.1 123 17.7 108 13.2 0
Chenango 473 324 2 2.5 145 30.9 66 17.0 79 16.8 4
Clinton 663 439 23 18.0 217 33.1 112 21.2 105 16.0 7
Columbia 476 318 12 17.6 156 32.9 100 24.6 56 11.8 2
Cortland 423 291 5 6.6 122 29.5 51 15.1 71 17.2 10
Delaware 361 254 4 8.7 107 29.6 65 20.6 42 11.6 0
Dutchess 2,641 1,532 60 11.6 1,101 41.8 645 30.5 456 17.3 8
Erie 9,516 6,047 235 13.3 3,466 36.4 1,934 25.0 1,532 16.1 3
Essex 267 170 10 20.4 93 35.4 54 25.2 39 14.8 4
Franklin 451 285 12 15.4 156 35.4 90 24.8 66 15.0 10
Fulton 487 342 5 8.1 145 29.8 88 20.7 57 11.7 0
Genesee 539 361 12 11.8 178 33.0 88 20.1 90 16.7 0
Greene 390 255 6 9.7 133 34.3 77 23.6 56 14.4 2
Hamilton 31 22 1 16.7 9 29.0 4 16.0 5 16.1 0
Herkimer 565 397 12 11.7 158 28.5 67 14.8 91 16.4 10
Jefferson 1,803 1,210 44 15.4 574 32.2 332 22.2 242 13.6 19
Lewis 290 201 6 12.0 87 30.2 43 18.1 44 15.3 2
Livingston 523 354 15 15.2 163 31.5 79 18.9 84 16.2 6
Madison 544 335 6 6.3 195 36.8 105 24.2 90 17.0 14
Monroe 7,718 5,234 251 19.3 2,480 32.1 1,428 22.3 1,052 13.6 4
Montgomery 578 428 7 9.2 138 24.4 69 14.1 69 12.2 12
Nassau 14,199 8,828 221 8.1 5,350 37.7 2,858 24.9 2,492 17.6 21
Niagara 1,986 1,153 37 8.4 833 41.9 428 27.7 405 20.4 0
Oneida 2,431 1,518 41 8.2 902 37.3 446 23.2 456 18.8 11
Onondaga 4,892 3,275 86 10.7 1,615 33.0 900 22.0 715 14.6 2
Ontario 979 690 27 17.4 288 29.4 160 19.4 128 13.1 1
Orange 5,617 3,830 195 21.5 1,623 29.8 909 20.0 714 13.1 164
Orleans 396 264 8 12.5 131 33.2 75 22.7 56 14.2 1
Oswego 1,137 728 13 6.4 391 34.9 200 21.9 191 17.1 18
Otsego 490 352 15 20.5 120 25.4 62 15.5 58 12.3 18
Putnam 915 556 15 8.8 356 39.0 200 27.0 156 17.1 3
Rensselaer 1,481 974 31 12.8 504 34.1 293 23.7 211 14.3 3
Rockland 6,386 4,672 323 36.8 1,195 20.4 641 12.8 554 9.4 519
St Lawrence 1,014 589 20 10.7 358 37.8 191 25.1 167 17.6 67
Saratoga 2,123 1,375 42 12.6 745 35.1 454 25.4 291 13.7 3
Schenectady 1,774 1,200 36 12.2 573 32.3 315 21.3 258 14.6 1
Schoharie 265 178 5 12.5 86 32.6 51 22.8 35 13.3 1
Schuyler 172 117 4 11.8 55 32.0 25 18.1 30 17.4 0
Seneca 344 270 6 15.0 73 21.3 39 12.9 34 9.9 1
Steuben 986 672 24 14.0 312 31.7 165 20.3 147 14.9 2
Suffolk 15,872 8,978 199 5.8 6,881 43.4 3,640 29.3 3,241 20.4 13
Sullivan 975 672 32 20.0 300 30.9 172 21.2 128 13.2 3
Tioga 464 300 11 12.4 161 34.9 83 22.3 78 16.9 3
Tompkins 701 520 19 21.6 181 25.8 112 18.3 69 9.8 0
Ulster 1,575 990 33 12.2 582 37.0 345 26.5 237 15.1 3
Warren 523 341 7 8.3 182 34.8 105 23.9 77 14.7 0
Washington 558 363 8 8.3 193 34.7 105 22.8 88 15.8 2
Wayne 878 634 12 9.4 243 27.7 128 17.1 115 13.1 1
Westchester 10,059 6,125 197 10.8 3,909 39.0 2,279 27.8 1,630 16.2 25
Wyoming 358 228 10 15.2 130 36.3 74 25.3 56 15.6 0
Yates 344 288 15 35.7 55 16.0 28 9.3 27 7.9 1

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.