Table 14: Live Births by Resident County and Method of Delivery
New York State 1997

Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Delivery
VBAC Total Total Primary Primary Repeat Repeat
County Total Total VBAC Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Other N.S.

New York State 256,976 197,043 10,157 31.4 59,393 23.2 37,198 14.5 22,195 8.7 7 533
New York City 118,902 91,729 3,609 28.9 26,861 22.7 17,980 15.2 8,881 7.5 1 311
Bronx 22,457 17,752 780 34.2 4,666 20.8 3,166 14.1 1,500 6.7 0 39
Kings 39,746 31,145 1,155 28.6 8,537 21.5 5,649 14.2 2,888 7.3 0 64
New York 19,366 14,790 651 33.4 4,424 23.0 3,125 16.3 1,299 6.8 1 151
Queens 31,623 23,946 861 25.2 7,624 24.1 5,069 16.1 2,555 8.1 0 53
Richmond 5,710 4,096 162 20.2 1,610 28.2 971 17.0 639 11.2 0 4
Rest of State 138,074 105,314 6,548 33.0 32,532 23.6 19,218 13.9 13,314 9.7 6 222
Albany 3,276 2,613 172 41.3 663 20.2 419 12.8 244 7.4 0 0
Allegany 560 459 30 40.5 101 18.0 57 10.2 44 7.9 0 0
Broome 2,201 1,650 90 27.1 551 25.0 309 14.0 242 11.0 0 0
Cattaraugus 1,046 797 40 31.0 203 20.3 114 11.4 89 8.9 0 46
Cayuga 933 760 41 36.9 173 18.5 103 11.0 70 7.5 0 0
Chautauqua 1,624 1,218 73 34.1 390 24.3 249 15.5 141 8.8 0 16
Chemung 1,037 814 56 46.3 221 21.4 156 15.1 65 6.3 0 2
Chenango 609 479 33 42.9 130 21.3 86 14.1 44 7.2 0 0
Clinton 795 639 41 43.2 156 19.6 102 12.8 54 6.8 0 0
Columbia 664 498 33 34.0 165 24.8 101 15.2 64 9.6 1 0
Cortland 562 463 24 44.4 99 17.6 69 12.3 30 5.3 0 0
Delaware 491 404 31 49.2 87 17.7 55 11.2 32 6.5 0 0
Dutchess 3,399 2,572 178 33.2 826 24.3 468 13.8 358 10.5 0 1
Erie 11,635 9,175 672 39.6 2,456 21.1 1,430 12.3 1,026 8.8 0 4
Essex 391 317 22 43.1 73 18.7 44 11.3 29 7.4 0 1
Franklin 465 320 12 19.4 145 31.2 95 20.4 50 10.8 0 0
Fulton 626 489 23 26.1 137 21.9 72 11.5 65 10.4 0 0
Genesee 755 600 31 31.0 155 20.5 86 11.4 69 9.1 0 0
Greene 491 387 21 36.2 95 19.7 58 12.0 37 7.7 0 9
Hamilton 46 35 1 25.0 11 23.9 8 17.4 3 6.5 0 0
Herkimer 700 511 44 37.9 188 26.9 116 16.6 72 10.3 0 1
Jefferson 1,734 1,422 123 48.0 309 17.8 176 10.2 133 7.7 1 2
Lewis 336 261 19 33.9 75 22.3 38 11.3 37 11.0 0 0
Livingston 706 548 32 31.7 157 22.3 88 12.5 69 9.8 0 1
Madison 826 642 40 34.2 184 22.3 107 13.0 77 9.3 0 0
Monroe 9,622 7,693 531 41.0 1,927 20.0 1,162 12.1 765 8.0 0 2
Montgomery 594 472 21 27.3 121 20.4 65 11.0 56 9.4 0 1
Nassau 17,100 12,765 702 28.3 4,327 25.3 2,552 14.9 1,775 10.4 0 8
Niagara 2,641 1,969 106 27.5 672 25.4 393 14.9 279 10.6 0 0
Oneida 2,702 1,935 109 25.2 763 28.3 440 16.3 323 12.0 0 4
Onondaga 5,972 4,762 343 42.6 1,210 20.3 747 12.5 463 7.8 0 0
Ontario 1,180 959 55 36.9 220 18.7 126 10.7 94 8.0 0 1
Orange 4,869 3,693 235 31.0 1,170 24.1 647 13.3 523 10.8 0 6
Orleans 550 419 22 31.4 131 23.8 83 15.1 48 8.7 0 0
Oswego 1,445 1,159 79 38.9 285 19.7 161 11.1 124 8.6 0 1
Otsego 586 472 26 43.3 114 19.5 80 13.7 34 5.8 0 0
Putnam 1,227 906 49 27.8 320 26.1 193 15.7 127 10.4 0 1
Rensselaer 1,784 1,394 70 31.0 390 21.9 234 13.1 156 8.7 0 0
Rockland 4,341 3,219 261 36.9 1,089 25.3 643 14.9 446 10.4 0 33
St Lawrence 1,181 861 60 33.5 302 26.0 183 15.7 119 10.2 0 18
Saratoga 2,405 1,891 102 32.9 513 21.3 305 12.7 208 8.7 0 1
Schenectady 1,750 1,414 107 46.3 336 19.2 212 12.1 124 7.1 0 0
Schoharie 341 284 13 38.2 57 16.7 36 10.6 21 6.2 0 0
Schuyler 205 148 11 33.3 56 27.5 34 16.7 22 10.8 0 1
Seneca 374 291 9 19.1 83 22.2 45 12.0 38 10.2 0 0
Steuben 1,186 910 48 32.0 276 23.3 174 14.7 102 8.6 0 0
Suffolk 19,862 14,324 816 25.2 5,537 27.9 3,118 15.7 2,419 12.2 0 1
Sullivan 839 659 30 25.6 180 21.5 93 11.1 87 10.4 0 0
Tioga 642 522 36 43.9 117 18.3 71 11.1 46 7.2 0 3
Tompkins 857 680 48 43.6 176 20.6 114 13.3 62 7.2 0 1
Ulster 1,922 1,479 102 38.5 420 22.1 257 13.5 163 8.6 0 23
Warren 689 530 33 31.4 158 23.0 86 12.5 72 10.5 0 1
Washington 610 466 28 28.9 144 23.6 75 12.3 69 11.3 0 0
Wayne 1,261 974 57 32.8 286 22.7 169 13.4 117 9.3 0 1
Westchester 12,655 9,361 521 29.7 3,258 25.8 2,023 16.0 1,235 9.8 4 32
Wyoming 443 339 22 36.7 104 23.5 66 14.9 38 8.6 0 0
Yates 331 291 14 48.3 40 12.1 25 7.6 15 4.5 0 0

VBAC -- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
VBAC % -- VBAC/(VBAC + Repeat Cesarean)
Cesarean % -- Cesarean/All Births with Known Method

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