Table 14: Live Births by Method of Delivery and Resident County New York State - 2010

County Total Births Method of Delivery
Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Delivery 
# Vaginal # VBAC1 % VBAC2 #Cesarean %Cesarean3 #Primary %Primary #Repeat %Repeat Not Stated
New York State
New York State 242,914 157,999 3,548 9.7 83,818 34.7 50,946 21.1 32,872 13.6 1,097
New York City
New York City 120,003 80,106 1,920 11.8 39,522 33.0 25,223 21.1 14,299 12.0 375
Bronx 22,386 14,859 384 12.3 7,401 33.2 4,653 20.9 2,748 12.3 126
Kings 41,798 28,948 736 14.0 12,734 30.6 8,203 19.7 4,531 10.9 116
New York 19,731 13,052 240 11.5 6,599 33.6 4,744 24.1 1,855 9.4 80
Queens 30,484 19,705 488 10.6 10,733 35.3 6,626 21.8 4,107 13.5 46
Richmond 5,604 3,542 72 6.4 2,055 36.7 997 17.8 1,058 18.9 7
Rest of State
Rest of State 122,911 77,893 1,628 8.1 44,296 36.3 25,723 21.1 18,573 15.2 722
Albany 3,074 2,071 71 15.1 1,002 32.6 603 19.6 399 13.0 1
Allegany 494 300 4 4.5 170 36.2 86 18.3 84 17.9 24
Broome 2,048 1,283 17 5.2 764 37.3 451 22.0 313 15.3 1
Cattaraugus 983 588 4 2.9 294 33.3 159 18.0 135 15.3 101
Cayuga 820 594 8 8.0 226 27.6 134 16.3 92 11.2 0
Chautauqua 1,372 876 3 1.4 469 34.9 253 18.8 216 16.1 27
Chemung 1,001 713 17 13.6 288 28.8 180 18.0 108 10.8 0
Chenango 468 322 4 6.7 145 31.0 89 19.1 56 12.0 1
Clinton 839 553 10 7.8 285 34.0 167 19.9 118 14.1 1
Columbia 595 383 5 5.3 206 35.0 117 19.9 89 15.1 6
Cortland 455 310 1 1.6 144 31.7 81 17.8 63 13.9 1
Delaware 459 332 8 11.6 127 27.7 66 14.4 61 13.3 0
Dutchess 2,867 1,773 49 9.7 1,092 38.1 637 22.2 455 15.9 2
Erie 9,757 6,277 125 8.3 3,463 35.6 2,084 21.4 1,379 14.2 17
Essex 337 239 2 5.6 98 29.1 64 19.0 34 10.1 0
Franklin 485 285 6 8.0 195 40.6 126 26.3 69 14.4 5
Fulton 555 342 3 3.1 210 38.0 115 20.8 95 17.2 3
Genesee 649 427 8 7.5 222 34.2 123 19.0 99 15.3 0
Greene 461 298 2 2.9 162 35.2 94 20.4 68 14.8 1
Hamilton 34 25 0 0.0 9 26.5 4 11.8 5 14.7 0
Herkimer 635 418 9 9.1 210 33.4 120 19.1 90 14.3 7
Jefferson 2,071 1,509 34 11.1 550 26.7 278 13.5 272 13.2 12
Lewis 311 204 9 18.8 100 32.9 61 20.1 39 12.8 7
Livingston 570 373 11 11.5 197 34.6 112 19.6 85 14.9 0
Madison 642 452 4 4.7 186 29.2 104 16.3 82 12.9 4
Monroe 8,526 5,877 142 12.0 2,646 31.0 1,608 18.9 1,038 12.2 3
Montgomery 587 363 4 5.2 177 32.8 104 19.3 73 13.5 47
Nassau 14,200 8,426 171 6.7 5,770 40.6 3,382 23.8 2,388 16.8 4
Niagara 2,214 1,249 24 5.6 965 43.6 561 25.3 404 18.2 0
Oneida 2,633 1,698 28 6.5 932 35.4 527 20.0 405 15.4 3
Onondaga 5,348 3,639 92 10.5 1,708 31.9 924 17.3 784 14.7 1
Ontario 1,036 743 22 16.5 293 28.3 182 17.6 111 10.7 0
Orange 4,999 3,307 116 14.4 1,613 32.8 922 18.7 691 14.0 79
Orleans 433 279 7 10.6 154 35.6 95 21.9 59 13.6 0
Oswego 1,325 877 11 5.1 440 33.4 234 17.8 206 15.6 8
Otsego 516 370 6 8.7 144 28.0 81 15.8 63 12.3 2
Putnam 931 560 5 3.1 370 39.8 215 23.1 155 16.7 1
Rensselaer 1,677 1,122 18 7.7 553 33.0 338 20.2 215 12.8 2
Rockland 4,525 3,161 138 21.1 1,156 26.8 640 14.8 516 12.0 208
St Lawrence 1,222 694 12 5.6 464 40.1 261 22.5 203 17.5 64
Saratoga 2,304 1,476 17 4.7 826 35.9 480 20.9 346 15.0 2
Schenectady 1,837 1,261 31 12.5 576 31.4 359 19.5 217 11.8 0
Schoharie 286 214 3 9.7 72 25.2 44 15.4 28 9.8 0
Schuyler 168 93 1 3.2 75 44.6 45 26.8 30 17.9 0
Seneca 396 282 3 7.5 111 28.2 74 18.8 37 9.4 3
Steuben 1,173 724 11 6.2 403 35.8 236 20.9 167 14.8 46
Suffolk 16,805 9,478 133 3.9 7,320 43.6 4,024 24.0 3,296 19.6 7
Sullivan 831 546 10 7.5 280 33.9 157 19.0 123 14.9 5
Tioga 440 308 6 12.0 132 30.0 88 20.0 44 10.0 0
Tompkins 831 553 15 11.7 274 33.1 161 19.5 113 13.7 4
Ulster 1,693 1,117 39 13.4 575 34.0 324 19.1 251 14.8 1
Warren 611 397 4 4.2 214 35.0 122 20.0 92 15.1 0
Washington 604 397 3 4.0 206 34.2 134 22.2 72 11.9 1
Wayne 968 654 9 5.7 313 32.4 163 16.9 150 15.5 1
Westchester 11,104 6,561 121 6.6 4,539 40.9 2,832 25.5 1,707 15.4 4
Wyoming 394 265 6 9.2 127 32.4 68 17.3 59 15.1 2
Yates 312 255 6 20.0 54 17.5 30 9.7 24 7.8 3

1 VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.

2 VBAC % - VBAC/(VBAC+Repeat Cesarean)*100.

3 Cesarean % - Cesarean/All Births with Known Method*100.