Table 4: Live Birth Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1997
		Total1		White		Black		Other		Hispanic2
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
	Total Births	256,976	100.0	183,073	100.0	54,948	100.0	17,847	100.0	50,747	100.0
Sex
	Male	131,353	51.1	93,469	51.1	28,042	51.0	9,286	52.0	25,658	50.6
	Female	125,619	48.9	89,601	48.9	26,906	49.0	8,560	48.0	25,088	49.4
Mother's Age
	10 - 14	419	0.2	188	0.1	215	0.4	12	0.1	133	0.3
	15 - 17	8,076	3.1	4,703	2.6	3,155	5.7	175	1.0	2,778	5.5
	18 - 19	14,109	5.5	8,854	4.8	4,832	8.8	349	2.0	4,453	8.8
	20 - 24	49,860	19.4	33,356	18.2	13,502	24.6	2,736	15.3	13,927	27.4
	25 - 29	69,170	26.9	49,421	27.0	13,565	24.7	5,908	33.1	13,397	26.4
	30 - 34	72,168	28.1	54,339	29.7	12,001	21.8	5,562	31.2	10,417	20.5
	35 - 39	35,472	13.8	26,566	14.5	6,203	11.3	2,575	14.4	4,654	9.2
	40 - 44	7,272	2.8	5,332	2.9	1,390	2.5	504	2.8	936	1.8
	45 +	390	0.2	285	0.2	79	0.1	23	0.1	50	0.1
Marital Status
	Out of Wedlock	90,573	35.3	50,367	27.6	36,722	66.9	2,941	16.5	29,140	57.5
	Married	165,645	64.7	131,993	72.4	18,208	33.1	14,888	83.5	21,567	42.5
Birthweight
	< 1500 gms	4,016	1.6	2,167	1.2	1,611	2.9	208	1.2	730	1.4
	1500-2499 gms	16,129	6.3	10,048	5.5	4,874	8.9	1,121	6.3	3,162	6.2
	2500 + gms	236,710	92.2	170,838	93.3	48,459	88.2	16,518	92.6	46,855	92.3
Plurality
	Single Births	248,369	96.7	176,662	96.5	53,188	96.8	17,451	97.8	49,504	97.6
	Twins	7,983	3.1	5,869	3.2	1,702	3.1	372	2.1	1,175	2.3
	Triplets +	624	0.2	542	0.3	58	0.1	24	0.1	68	0.1
Month PNC Began
	1st - 3rd month	167,076	73.1	127,864	77.4	28,195	60.2	10,578	66.3	26,341	61.2
	4th - 6th month	47,261	20.7	29,484	17.9	13,534	28.9	4,060	25.5	12,750	29.6
	7th - 9th month	10,552	4.6	5,779	3.5	3,737	8.0	983	6.2	3,094	7.2
	None	3,755	1.6	2,023	1.2	1,379	2.9	329	2.1	881	2.0
Order of Birth
	1st Child	106,548	41.5	75,570	41.3	21,843	39.8	8,565	48.0	20,775	40.9
	2nd Child	83,421	32.5	61,005	33.3	15,953	29.0	6,202	34.8	15,840	31.2
	3rd Child	39,896	15.5	28,792	15.7	8,737	15.9	2,217	12.4	8,474	16.7
	4th Child +	27,071	10.5	17,673	9.7	8,410	15.3	863	4.8	5,656	11.1
Method of Delivery
	Vaginal	197,043	76.8	140,391	76.8	41,962	76.5	13,914	78.3	39,383	77.7
	Cesarean	59,393	23.2	42,444	23.2	12,887	23.5	3,848	21.7	11,290	22.3
	Other	7	0.0	6	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mother's Education
	<12 Years	48,433	19.1	30,142	16.6	14,779	27.4	3,300	19.0	20,478	41.1
	12 Years	82,953	32.8	57,540	31.8	19,351	35.9	5,741	33.1	16,026	32.1
	13-15 Years	58,206	23.0	41,803	23.1	13,417	24.9	2,827	16.3	8,876	17.8
	16 Years	34,727	13.7	28,154	15.5	3,623	6.7	2,891	16.7	2,399	4.8
	17+ Years	28,937	11.4	23,534	13.0	2,740	5.1	2,586	14.9	2,089	4.2
Place of Birth
	Hospital	254,645	99.2	181,691	99.3	54,288	98.8	17,759	99.5	50,376	99.3
	Home	1,420	0.6	841	0.5	412	0.7	47	0.3	164	0.3
	Other	712	0.3	357	0.2	241	0.4	38	0.2	200	0.4
Primary Financial Coverage
	Medicaid	96,613	38.9	55,787	31.4	32,615	61.4	7,674	44.8	35,181	70.3
	HMO	66,367	26.7	54,414	30.7	8,284	15.6	3,476	20.3	5,237	10.5
	Other Ins	78,273	31.5	62,775	35.4	10,278	19.4	5,070	29.6	7,875	15.7
	Self Pay	7,322	2.9	4,435	2.5	1,922	3.6	916	5.3	1,762	3.5
Attendant
	Physician	225,083	88.6	160,475	88.9	47,274	86.4	16,496	93.0	42,225	83.5
	Cert Midwife	27,649	10.9	19,111	10.6	7,197	13.1	1,209	6.8	8,139	16.1
	Other	1,222	0.5	845	0.5	267	0.5	39	0.2	177	0.4
1 Total Births = White + Black + Other + Not Stated. Total includes records with information Not Stated
2 Hispanic Births is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated

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