
| Table 11: Low Birthweight (<2500 grams) Live Births by Resident County and Mother's Age | |||||||||||
| New York State 1998 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 20,212 | 51 | 804 | 1,348 | 3,851 | 4,813 | 5,236 | 3,257 | 778 | 74 | 0 |
| New York City | 10,544 | 30 | 452 | 731 | 2,167 | 2,499 | 2,534 | 1,652 | 424 | 55 | 0 |
| Bronx | 2,251 | 10 | 136 | 213 | 545 | 543 | 456 | 277 | 68 | 3 | 0 |
| Kings | 3,562 | 10 | 160 | 275 | 807 | 843 | 804 | 512 | 138 | 13 | 0 |
| New York | 1,653 | 1 | 58 | 97 | 264 | 335 | 438 | 329 | 109 | 22 | 0 |
| Queens | 2,642 | 7 | 86 | 127 | 493 | 686 | 695 | 447 | 89 | 12 | 0 |
| Richmond | 436 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 92 | 141 | 87 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| Rest of State | 9,668 | 21 | 352 | 617 | 1,684 | 2,314 | 2,702 | 1,605 | 354 | 19 | 0 |
| Albany | 254 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 73 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Allegany | 36 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broome | 139 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cattaraugus | 68 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cayuga | 58 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chautauqua | 100 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chemung | 68 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chenango | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia | 43 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortland | 37 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 30 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutchess | 241 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 55 | 71 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Erie | 878 | 6 | 54 | 73 | 162 | 222 | 213 | 114 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| Essex | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin | 36 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fulton | 57 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesee | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herkimer | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 101 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis | 30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Livingston | 39 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Madison | 57 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Monroe | 744 | 2 | 45 | 51 | 145 | 152 | 224 | 101 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 47 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nassau | 1,328 | 1 | 31 | 43 | 143 | 294 | 442 | 311 | 60 | 3 | 0 |
| Niagara | 174 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oneida | 211 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 59 | 52 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Onondaga | 431 | 0 | 26 | 33 | 76 | 125 | 107 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ontario | 63 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Orange | 311 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 72 | 65 | 75 | 56 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Orleans | 46 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oswego | 87 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otsego | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Putnam | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rensselaer | 129 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockland | 274 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 52 | 75 | 68 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| St Lawrence | 76 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Saratoga | 136 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Schenectady | 121 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Schoharie | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Schuyler | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seneca | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steuben | 84 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Suffolk | 1,354 | 0 | 32 | 44 | 155 | 341 | 455 | 263 | 62 | 2 | 0 |
| Sullivan | 62 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tioga | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tompkins | 47 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulster | 122 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 29 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne | 98 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Westchester | 935 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 105 | 205 | 309 | 223 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yates | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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