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Table 4: Live Birth Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1999
           
  Total1 White Black Other Hispanic2
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total Births 255,147 100.0 182,446 100.0 53,045 100.0 18,604 100.0 52,981 100.0
Sex
Male 130,757 51.2 93,870 51.5 26,759 50.4 9,583 51.5 27,067 51.1
Female 124,390 48.8 88,576 48.5 26,286 49.6 9,021 48.5 25,914 48.9
Mother's Age
10 - 14 388 0.2 190 0.1 192 0.4 6 0.0 147 0.3
15 - 17 7,301 2.9 4,426 2.4 2,719 5.1 121 0.7 2,595 4.9
18 - 19 14,168 5.6 9,093 5.0 4,599 8.7 411 2.2 4,712 8.9
20 - 24 51,084 20.0 34,487 18.9 13,489 25.4 2,886 15.5 14,952 28.2
25 - 29 66,283 26.0 47,293 25.9 12,714 24.0 6,005 32.3 13,797 26.0
30 - 34 69,923 27.4 52,677 28.9 11,234 21.2 5,750 30.9 10,552 19.9
35 - 39 37,681 14.8 28,117 15.4 6,584 12.4 2,831 15.2 5,152 9.7
40 - 44 7,855 3.1 5,817 3.2 1,438 2.7 561 3.0 1,021 1.9
45 + 451 0.2 341 0.2 75 0.1 33 0.2 53 0.1
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 94,477 37.1 54,444 30.0 36,227 68.3 3,322 17.9 31,922 60.3
Married 159,895 62.9 127,295 70.0 16,794 31.7 15,245 82.1 21,015 39.7
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,934 1.5 2,196 1.2 1,509 2.8 195 1.0 790 1.5
1500-2499 gms 16,071 6.3 10,105 5.5 4,696 8.9 1,205 6.5 3,210 6.1
2500 + gms 234,977 92.2 170,109 93.3 46,835 88.3 17,204 92.5 48,978 92.4
Plurality
Single Births 246,109 96.5 175,595 96.2 51,348 96.8 18,152 97.6 51,704 97.6
Twins 8,407 3.3 6,288 3.4 1,650 3.1 431 2.3 1,209 2.3
Triplets+ 631 0.2 563 0.3 47 0.1 21 0.1 68 0.1
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 166,856 71.7 127,377 75.8 27,959 59.0 11,047 65.8 28,151 59.6
4th - 6th month 46,597 20.0 29,422 17.5 12,957 27.4 4,016 23.9 13,118 27.8
7th - 9th month 10,252 4.4 5,736 3.4 3,543 7.5 924 5.5 3,194 6.8
None 9,164 3.9 5,407 3.2 2,910 6.1 805 4.8 2,775 5.9
Order of Birth
1st Child 104,748 41.1 74,698 40.9 20,629 38.9 8,892 47.8 21,517 40.6
2nd Child 83,007 32.5 60,674 33.3 15,515 29.2 6,549 35.2 16,782 31.7
3rd Child 40,458 15.9 29,207 16.0 8,933 16.8 2,163 11.6 8,961 16.9
4th Child + 26,930 10.6 17,867 9.8 7,968 15.0 1,000 5.4 5,721 10.8
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 194,338 76.2 138,908 76.1 40,093 75.6 14,626 78.6 40,831 77.1
Cesarean 60,587 23.7 43,479 23.8 12,936 24.4 3,970 21.3 12,132 22.9
Not Stated 222 0.1 59 0.0 16 0.0 8 0.0 18 0.0
Mother's Education
<12 Years 48,498 19.4 30,809 17.1 13,886 26.8 3,654 20.4 20,769 40.2
12 Years 78,827 31.5 54,739 30.5 18,379 35.4 5,421 30.3 16,614 32.1
13-15 Years 56,773 22.7 40,961 22.8 12,913 24.9 2,760 15.4 9,379 18.1
16 Years 35,286 14.1 28,240 15.7 3,839 7.4 3,146 17.6 2,623 5.1
17+ Years 30,829 12.3 24,979 13.9 2,889 5.6 2,899 16.2 2,328 4.5
Place of Birth
Hospital 252,336 99.2 180,478 99.3 52,463 98.9 18,513 99.6 52,592 99.3
Home 1,422 0.6 905 0.5 357 0.7 41 0.2 180 0.3
Other 706 0.3 416 0.2 210 0.4 36 0.2 199 0.4
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid 94,490 38.2 55,073 31.2 30,648 59.2 8,379 45.9 35,215 67.4
HMO 70,747 28.6 58,057 32.9 8,767 16.9 3,703 20.3 5,768 11.0
Other Ins 75,669 30.6 59,389 33.6 10,690 20.7 5,386 29.5 9,572 18.3
Self Pay 6,650 2.7 4,207 2.4 1,639 3.2 776 4.3 1,660 3.2
Attendant
Physician 223,332 88.5 158,960 88.3 46,503 87.9 17,109 92.5 44,935 85.0
Cert Midwife 27,614 10.9 19,933 11.1 6,174 11.7 1,328 7.2 7,673 14.5
Other 1,496 0.6 1,146 0.6 234 0.4 56 0.3 247 0.5
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: October 2001