Table 8: Live Birth and Fertility Rates by Resident County and Mother's Age
New York State 1997

Live Mother's Age
Birth Fertility
County Rate1 Rate2 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+3

New York State 13.8 61.8 0.7 23.2 61.8 84.3 101.3 92.4 45.7 9.7 0.6
New York City 15.7 66.0 0.9 31.9 78.6 103.4 97.2 83.0 46.4 12.4 0.9
Bronx 18.3 77.2 1.2 47.6 111.4 132.7 112.1 86.3 44.3 10.2 0.7
Kings 16.7 70.9 1.0 31.6 84.9 125.9 107.8 80.9 47.3 13.5 1.1
New York 12.8 49.9 1.3 37.7 62.3 62.2 58.9 68.4 43.2 13.8 1.3
Queens 15.4 68.1 0.5 21.6 65.6 97.8 108.0 92.1 49.7 12.0 0.5
Richmond 13.9 59.4 0.6 15.7 40.2 63.5 105.5 103.3 45.4 8.2 0.3
Rest of State 12.6 58.6 0.5 17.6 50.5 70.0 105.1 100.4 45.2 7.9 0.4
Albany 10.8 47.0 0.7 18.3 40.4 50.0 85.5 78.2 36.5 5.8 0.0
Allegany 11.0 52.4 0.5 22.6 33.3 96.6 126.9 69.0 20.9 6.9 0.0
Broome 10.3 48.3 0.6 19.7 45.6 65.8 89.9 68.9 31.5 5.2 0.6
Cattaraugus 12.5 61.2 0.9 21.4 72.6 123.2 138.9 60.5 32.5 4.0 0.0
Cayuga 11.0 54.7 0.6 21.5 57.1 97.6 111.1 63.0 28.7 9.0 0.0
Chautauqua 11.5 57.2 0.6 33.5 75.1 106.6 110.8 65.4 26.2 4.1 0.2
Chemung 10.3 51.6 0.8 22.8 84.3 106.2 100.8 55.7 23.2 4.5 0.0
Chenango 11.4 57.3 0.0 16.9 99.0 128.2 111.5 62.2 31.0 4.8 0.0
Clinton 9.0 40.1 1.3 17.8 33.8 60.8 70.4 53.2 21.3 2.3 0.0
Columbia 10.2 52.5 0.5 13.9 61.6 93.8 108.9 74.4 33.3 6.7 0.4
Cortland 11.0 46.2 1.1 16.1 35.3 52.6 108.0 74.8 23.4 3.7 0.0
Delaware 10.4 55.4 0.0 22.0 47.2 128.9 117.1 69.4 24.8 4.1 1.2
Dutchess 12.6 58.5 0.6 17.4 45.6 67.9 105.7 101.8 47.2 7.3 0.0
Erie 11.9 56.1 1.1 23.7 63.2 67.9 102.9 87.1 37.8 6.0 0.3
Essex 10.2 55.2 0.0 13.8 105.7 113.5 109.7 64.7 28.2 2.9 0.0
Franklin 9.2 47.7 0.0 13.6 78.6 115.7 86.0 50.7 20.4 1.7 0.6
Fulton 11.5 58.0 0.5 28.2 87.9 127.4 108.6 76.6 18.1 6.1 0.0
Genesee 12.2 59.1 1.3 13.5 59.4 100.1 127.6 76.3 29.4 7.4 0.0
Greene 10.3 54.5 0.0 9.9 66.5 110.2 111.4 73.7 33.5 5.3 0.0
Hamilton 8.4 47.6 0.0 20.4 96.2 173.1 73.2 22.0 25.9 14.0 0.0
Herkimer 10.8 55.0 0.4 20.5 48.5 111.4 114.7 70.1 31.5 3.8 0.0
Jefferson 15.1 72.7 0.5 27.0 136.4 148.6 122.3 69.1 25.2 4.0 0.0
Lewis 11.8 59.7 0.8 11.6 132.4 130.8 94.6 71.8 28.4 7.7 0.0
Livingston 10.5 43.6 0.4 16.5 18.2 44.9 89.2 88.2 24.9 7.0 0.5
Madison 11.4 50.6 0.4 15.8 19.3 64.4 117.0 88.7 33.3 7.4 0.0
Monroe 13.0 57.7 0.7 30.8 60.7 69.0 100.6 90.8 40.0 6.8 0.4
Montgomery 11.5 60.9 0.5 32.0 90.9 140.6 114.1 66.0 25.8 3.2 0.6
Nassau 13.3 64.0 0.3 8.2 27.9 45.7 108.4 140.6 63.8 10.9 0.4
Niagara 11.7 56.6 0.6 21.0 71.3 94.4 100.6 81.7 30.0 6.0 0.1
Oneida 10.5 53.1 0.8 25.9 70.5 79.7 103.3 69.9 29.6 4.4 0.0
Onondaga 12.4 55.3 1.1 28.7 56.8 66.6 94.4 86.7 37.8 7.3 0.4
Ontario 11.9 55.3 0.6 12.0 49.8 83.9 119.6 81.7 38.1 3.5 0.0
Orange 14.2 66.2 0.8 18.9 68.4 104.3 114.6 100.8 47.6 9.5 0.5
Orleans 12.0 58.3 0.6 34.0 100.6 120.2 106.1 61.3 25.4 5.3 0.0
Oswego 11.5 51.3 0.6 19.3 52.5 73.0 114.0 61.8 28.7 3.0 0.0
Otsego 9.5 42.6 0.0 14.0 17.4 49.1 116.0 66.3 28.9 7.1 1.4
Putnam 13.7 60.6 0.0 4.3 18.5 33.2 115.3 133.1 57.6 9.2 0.3
Rensselaer 11.2 51.7 0.4 20.6 54.5 74.3 94.6 74.7 31.2 6.4 0.2
Rockland 15.8 74.4 0.2 7.2 47.9 89.3 125.2 151.6 71.5 14.1 1.1
St Lawrence 10.4 49.3 0.7 20.2 39.6 79.7 117.2 58.1 19.3 6.8 0.3
Saratoga 11.9 52.4 0.0 13.0 39.1 62.3 99.1 95.1 37.0 7.0 0.4
Schenectady 11.7 56.6 0.9 23.5 68.5 75.4 101.3 89.2 36.8 5.4 0.4
Schoharie 9.9 46.0 0.0 12.8 13.2 102.5 101.0 71.8 23.7 4.5 0.9
Schuyler 10.2 52.5 0.0 12.3 155.1 146.6 85.4 55.2 21.5 2.6 0.0
Seneca 10.7 53.4 0.0 5.4 60.4 130.6 108.4 69.2 22.9 5.8 0.0
Steuben 11.7 59.4 0.0 17.1 105.2 133.4 116.7 72.8 21.7 5.8 0.6
Suffolk 14.5 65.4 0.3 10.9 37.2 55.9 116.3 136.0 60.2 8.4 0.3
Sullivan 12.0 62.8 0.0 37.1 90.2 102.4 114.7 89.5 32.1 6.1 1.3
Tioga 11.8 57.3 0.0 15.7 100.2 117.9 100.1 74.0 32.6 5.5 0.0
Tompkins 8.4 30.9 0.7 16.5 12.6 19.8 64.8 68.4 27.7 8.0 0.3
Ulster 11.4 53.5 0.8 17.0 60.4 76.4 89.6 85.6 38.8 7.7 0.2
Warren 10.9 51.4 0.0 12.6 59.7 85.6 95.6 79.1 32.6 4.3 0.0
Washington 9.8 50.9 0.0 16.2 73.0 102.9 111.3 51.2 26.8 2.7 0.0
Wayne 13.6 64.8 0.3 23.3 121.9 124.7 124.8 88.5 25.6 5.5 0.3
Westchester 13.9 65.0 0.3 12.9 45.3 55.7 95.5 124.5 69.6 13.2 1.1
Wyoming 10.0 52.8 0.6 17.2 75.6 108.0 102.6 71.4 22.8 5.7 0.0
Yates 13.4 66.7 1.1 20.9 76.7 104.9 144.5 96.1 32.5 9.9 0.0

1 Live Birth Rates based on live births per 1,000 population
2 Fertility Rates based on live births per 1,000 female population 15-44
3 Fertility Rates for Age 45+ based on live births to women aged 45+ per 1,000 female population 45-49
All other rates are age-specific fertility rates

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