Table 11: Low Birthweight (<2500 grams) Live Births by Resident County and Mother's Age
New York State 1997

Mother's Age
County Total 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ N.S.

New York State 20,145 54 919 1,263 3,837 4,818 5,266 3,152 742 85 9
New York City 10,506 32 526 707 2,138 2,485 2,544 1,596 428 47 3
Bronx 2,217 9 147 191 497 520 508 278 63 3 1
Kings 3,626 14 202 258 797 857 793 546 140 17 2
New York 1,631 5 79 97 273 328 415 314 98 22 0
Queens 2,555 4 87 142 489 643 691 380 114 5 0
Richmond 477 0 11 19 82 137 137 78 13 0 0
Rest of State 9,639 22 393 556 1,699 2,333 2,722 1,556 314 38 6
Albany 271 0 17 16 47 64 77 38 12 0 0
Allegany 41 0 4 1 15 7 9 4 1 0 0
Broome 165 0 9 14 32 42 51 13 4 0 0
Cattaraugus 86 0 6 9 28 19 15 7 2 0 0
Cayuga 57 1 5 2 19 11 11 8 0 0 0
Chautauqua 109 0 12 11 33 22 17 13 1 0 0
Chemung 85 0 5 14 20 19 17 8 2 0 0
Chenango 34 0 2 6 9 11 6 0 0 0 0
Clinton 55 0 2 2 16 15 16 4 0 0 0
Columbia 46 1 0 3 6 11 14 8 3 0 0
Cortland 26 1 0 0 8 7 7 3 0 0 0
Delaware 37 0 3 1 8 12 5 6 1 1 0
Dutchess 193 0 12 10 46 42 52 25 5 0 1
Erie 912 4 50 72 172 218 243 134 16 3 0
Essex 21 0 1 2 8 4 5 0 0 0 1
Franklin 33 0 3 6 11 7 5 0 1 0 0
Fulton 48 0 1 4 14 10 14 4 1 0 0
Genesee 39 0 1 4 8 10 10 5 1 0 0
Greene 25 0 0 0 5 10 4 6 0 0 0
Hamilton 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Herkimer 35 0 3 3 11 8 8 2 0 0 0
Jefferson 105 0 10 10 30 28 16 5 6 0 0
Lewis 19 0 0 5 1 6 6 1 0 0 0
Livingston 51 0 0 1 11 17 16 4 2 0 0
Madison 46 0 3 2 8 8 20 3 2 0 0
Monroe 709 2 48 48 126 184 183 99 19 0 0
Montgomery 32 0 3 4 10 11 4 0 0 0 0
Nassau 1,161 0 14 34 129 280 423 231 44 5 1
Niagara 198 0 10 25 38 47 42 29 7 0 0
Oneida 190 0 13 19 53 53 36 14 2 0 0
Onondaga 436 3 25 40 83 111 102 59 12 0 1
Ontario 59 1 1 5 3 20 16 13 0 0 0
Orange 347 1 18 22 58 82 79 66 21 0 0
Orleans 39 0 4 2 13 12 5 3 0 0 0
Oswego 89 0 3 8 25 20 18 15 0 0 0
Otsego 25 0 0 1 5 10 5 4 0 0 0
Putnam 83 0 0 3 9 25 29 14 3 0 0
Rensselaer 121 1 9 7 34 25 28 9 8 0 0
Rockland 287 0 6 10 46 68 81 56 17 3 0
St Lawrence 80 0 4 7 20 21 16 6 6 0 0
Saratoga 134 0 4 4 19 47 36 21 3 0 0
Schenectady 128 2 2 6 21 38 40 18 1 0 0
Schoharie 22 0 1 1 5 7 5 2 1 0 0
Schuyler 11 0 0 1 3 1 5 1 0 0 0
Seneca 18 0 0 0 7 4 4 2 1 0 0
Steuben 92 0 8 4 20 29 18 8 5 0 0
Suffolk 1,382 2 29 47 180 334 455 294 36 4 1
Sullivan 63 0 4 6 13 14 19 4 0 3 0
Tioga 44 0 1 1 10 8 11 11 2 0 0
Tompkins 48 1 1 4 11 3 16 9 3 0 0
Ulster 87 0 1 12 21 16 17 17 3 0 0
Warren 41 0 2 2 11 9 11 5 1 0 0
Washington 22 0 1 0 7 7 6 1 0 0 0
Wayne 83 0 7 6 20 19 19 12 0 0 0
Westchester 1,007 2 24 23 121 204 332 223 59 19 0
Wyoming 34 0 1 2 3 9 12 7 0 0 0
Yates 23 0 0 2 7 6 5 2 0 0 1


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