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Table 4: Live Birth Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1998            
  Total1 White Black Other Hispanic2
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total Births 257,748 100.0 184,509 100.0 54,112 100.0 17,955 100.0 52,080 100.0
Sex
  Male 132,267 51.3 94,898 51.4 27,528 50.9 9,222 51.4 26,633 51.1
  Female 125,480 48.7 89,611 48.6 26,583 49.1 8,733 48.6 25,447 48.9
Mother's Age
  10 - 14 381 0.1 182 0.1 186 0.3 9 0.1 142 0.3
  15 - 17 7,745 3.0 4,692 2.5 2,872 5.3 140 0.8 2,789 5.4
  18 - 19 14,576 5.7 9,336 5.1 4,798 8.9 376 2.1 4,655 8.9
  20 - 24 50,417 19.6 34,095 18.5 13,393 24.8 2,663 14.8 14,377 27.6
  25 - 29 68,809 26.7 49,376 26.8 13,269 24.5 5,856 32.6 13,881 26.7
  30 - 34 70,838 27.5 53,297 28.9 11,621 21.5 5,616 31.3 10,314 19.8
  35 - 39 36,653 14.2 27,377 14.8 6,442 11.9 2,693 15.0 4,834 9.3
  40 - 44 7,895 3.1 5,834 3.2 1,463 2.7 563 3.1 1,046 2.0
  45 + 388 0.2 295 0.2 58 0.1 34 0.2 40 0.1
Marital Status
  Out of Wedlock 93,117 36.2 53,037 28.9 36,637 67.7 2,963 16.5 30,604 58.8
  Married 163,880 63.8 130,780 71.1 17,449 32.3 14,970 83.5 21,419 41.2
Birthweight
  < 1500 gms 3,929 1.5 2,148 1.2 1,584 2.9 163 0.9 708 1.4
  1500-2499 gms 16,283 6.3 10,179 5.5 4,857 9.0 1,181 6.6 3,327 6.4
  2500 + gms 237,392 92.2 172,146 93.3 47,662 88.1 16,609 92.5 48,030 92.3
Plurality
  Single Births 248,990 96.6 178,038 96.5 52,338 96.7 17,482 97.4 50,795 97.5
  Twins 8,137 3.2 5,911 3.2 1,727 3.2 459 2.6 1,235 2.4
  Triplets + 621 0.2 560 0.3 47 0.1 14 0.1 50 0.1
Month PNC Began
  1st - 3rd month 167,641 73.8 128,434 77.9 27,862 61.3 10,789 68.3 27,335 62.7
  4th - 6th month 45,677 20.1 28,922 17.5 12,803 28.2 3,738 23.7 12,429 28.5
  7th - 9th month 9,675 4.3 5,386 3.3 3,371 7.4 874 5.5 2,930 6.7
  None 4,081 1.8 2,187 1.3 1,397 3.1 390 2.5 914 2.1
Order of Birth
  1st Child 106,602 41.4 76,214 41.3 21,313 39.4 8,484 47.3 21,421 41.1
  2nd Child 83,562 32.4 61,230 33.2 15,704 29.0 6,311 35.1 16,296 31.3
  3rd Child 40,360 15.7 29,079 15.8 8,837 16.3 2,293 12.8 8,672 16.7
  4th Child + 27,185 10.5 17,957 9.7 8,251 15.2 867 4.8 5,690 10.9
Method of Delivery
  Vaginal 198,025 76.8 141,787 76.8 41,283 76.3 14,130 78.7 40,525 77.8
  Cesarean 59,494 23.1 42,652 23.1 12,806 23.7 3,820 21.3 11,536 22.2
  Not Stated 229 0.1 70 0.0 23 0.0 5 0.0 19 0.0
Mother's Education
  <12 Years 48,675 19.2 31,188 17.1 14,046 26.5 3,210 18.6 20,788 40.7
  12 Years 81,444 32.1 56,489 31.0 19,161 36.1 5,494 31.8 16,302 31.9
  13-15 Years 57,865 22.8 41,784 22.9 13,119 24.7 2,805 16.3 9,155 17.9
  16 Years 35,076 13.8 28,127 15.4 3,862 7.3 3,022 17.5 2,511 4.9
  17+ Years 30,359 12.0 24,726 13.6 2,829 5.3 2,721 15.8 2,321 4.5
Place of Birth
  Hospital 255,479 99.2 183,099 99.3 53,504 98.9 17,870 99.5 51,718 99.3
  Home 1,441 0.6 883 0.5 377 0.7 51 0.3 157 0.3
  Other 672 0.3 382 0.2 224 0.4 33 0.2 199 0.4
Primary Financial Coverage
  Medicaid 95,360 38.3 55,923 31.3 31,144 59.9 7,835 44.8 35,102 68.8
  HMO 70,143 28.2 57,867 32.4 8,589 16.5 3,470 19.8 5,494 10.8
  Other Ins 76,749 30.8 60,634 34.0 10,456 20.1 5,436 31.1 8,771 17.2
  Self Pay 6,744 2.7 4,160 2.3 1,783 3.4 751 4.3 1,652 3.2
Attendant
  Physician 225,643 88.4 161,049 88.4 47,157 87.4 16,625 93.1 43,768 84.3
  Cert Midwife 28,052 11.0 20,174 11.1 6,498 12.0 1,187 6.6 7,920 15.3
  Other 1,474 0.6 1,050 0.6 297 0.6 47 0.3 204 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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Revised: May 2001