Table 14: Live Births by Method of Delivery and Resident County, New York State - 2023

County Total Births Method of Delivery
Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Delivery 
# Vaginal # VBAC1 % VBAC2 #Cesarean %Cesarean3 #Primary %Primary4 #Repeat %Repeat5 Not Stated
New York State
New York State 202,667 133,479 5,147 15.0 68,489 33.9 39,264 23.4 29,225 85.0 699
New York City
New York City 90,869 61,322 2,501 17.3 29,441 32.4 17,510 22.9 11,931 82.7 106
Bronx 16,045 10,042 513 16.4 5,985 37.3 3,372 26.1 2,613 83.6 18
Kings 32,878 23,808 1,132 24.2 9,019 27.5 5,480 19.5 3,539 75.8 51
New York 13,335 8,760 276 15.5 4,562 34.2 3,055 26.5 1,507 84.5 13
Queens 23,816 15,627 509 12.7 8,171 34.3 4,686 23.7 3,485 87.3 18
Richmond 4,795 3,085 71 8.3 1,704 35.6 917 23.3 787 91.7 6
Rest of State
Rest of State 111,798 72,157 2,646 13.3 39,048 35.1 21,754 23.8 17,294 86.7 593
Albany 2,772 1,752 90 17.0 1,018 36.8 578 25.8 440 83.0 2
Allegany 424 289 7 12.3 115 28.5 65 18.7 50 87.7 20
Broome 1,693 1,074 18 6.0 617 36.5 335 24.1 282 94.0 2
Cattaraugus 768 456 10 9.6 230 33.5 136 23.4 94 90.4 82
Cayuga 656 446 4 3.7 208 31.8 104 19.0 104 96.3 2
Chautauqua 1,196 733 37 15.8 418 36.3 221 24.1 197 84.2 45
Chemung 754 515 17 13.9 239 31.7 134 21.2 105 86.1 0
Chenango 421 275 6 8.8 145 34.5 83 23.6 62 91.2 1
Clinton 590 418 15 16.3 169 28.8 92 18.6 77 83.7 3
Columbia 439 284 11 14.7 155 35.3 91 25.0 64 85.3 0
Cortland 440 309 8 13.6 117 27.5 66 18.0 51 86.4 14
Delaware 330 221 5 9.6 109 33.0 62 22.3 47 90.4 0
Dutchess 2,519 1,560 53 11.0 955 38.0 526 25.9 429 89.0 4
Erie 8,725 5,349 217 12.7 3,367 38.6 1,881 26.8 1,486 87.3 9
Essex 212 141 6 18.8 66 31.9 40 22.9 26 81.3 5
Franklin 383 235 11 17.7 134 36.3 83 27.0 51 82.3 14
Fulton 427 277 8 10.1 144 34.2 73 21.3 71 89.9 6
Genesee 475 328 11 14.1 146 30.8 79 19.9 67 85.9 1
Greene 393 258 11 17.5 134 34.2 82 24.9 52 82.5 1
Hamilton 36 26 1 16.7 10 27.8 5 16.7 5 83.3 0
Herkimer 549 388 12 16.7 154 28.4 94 20.0 60 83.3 7
Jefferson 1,603 1,122 25 11.1 455 28.9 255 18.9 200 88.9 26
Lewis 258 183 7 17.1 69 27.4 35 16.6 34 82.9 6
Livingston 479 327 11 15.5 145 30.7 85 21.2 60 84.5 7
Madison 533 330 5 5.6 189 36.4 105 24.4 84 94.4 14
Monroe 7,151 4,831 235 19.9 2,290 32.2 1,347 22.7 943 80.1 30
Montgomery 568 363 6 7.2 166 31.4 89 20.0 77 92.8 39
Nassau 13,464 8,455 218 8.8 4,987 37.1 2,725 24.9 2,262 91.2 22
Niagara 1,841 1,098 44 11.6 743 40.4 409 28.0 334 88.4 0
Oneida 2,253 1,419 54 11.4 812 36.4 394 22.4 418 88.6 22
Onondaga 4,485 2,970 118 15.4 1,513 33.7 863 23.2 650 84.6 2
Ontario 929 645 23 16.5 284 30.6 168 21.3 116 83.5 0
Orange 5,731 4,152 230 24.2 1,565 27.4 846 17.7 719 75.8 14
Orleans 354 253 12 17.4 101 28.5 44 15.4 57 82.6 0
Oswego 1,116 720 17 9.0 382 34.7 211 23.1 171 91.0 14
Otsego 490 344 9 13.8 126 26.8 70 17.3 56 86.2 20
Putnam 903 555 24 11.8 345 38.3 166 23.8 179 88.2 3
Rensselaer 1,513 955 36 13.2 557 36.8 320 25.8 237 86.8 1
Rockland 6,604 5,325 355 38.3 1,266 19.2 694 12.3 572 61.7 13
St Lawrence 1,021 556 30 14.0 378 40.5 193 26.8 185 86.0 87
Saratoga 1,968 1,287 39 11.6 678 34.5 382 23.4 296 88.4 3
Schenectady 1,663 1,069 36 13.1 591 35.6 353 25.5 238 86.9 3
Schoharie 199 131 4 13.8 68 34.2 43 25.3 25 86.2 0
Schuyler 146 104 3 15.0 42 28.8 25 19.8 17 85.0 0
Seneca 349 281 8 26.7 67 19.3 45 14.2 22 73.3 1
Steuben 889 594 15 10.3 291 32.9 160 21.7 131 89.7 4
Suffolk 15,481 8,752 236 7.2 6,721 43.4 3,671 30.1 3,050 92.8 8
Sullivan 948 649 19 11.7 297 31.4 154 19.6 143 88.3 2
Tioga 413 272 5 7.7 134 33.0 74 21.7 60 92.3 7
Tompkins 644 468 7 9.7 174 27.1 109 19.1 65 90.3 2
Ulster 1,387 856 17 7.8 527 38.1 327 28.0 200 92.2 4
Warren 507 310 5 5.9 196 38.7 116 27.6 80 94.1 1
Washington 507 333 10 11.6 173 34.2 97 23.1 76 88.4 1
Wayne 853 638 23 20.0 214 25.1 122 16.6 92 80.0 1
Westchester 9,688 5,985 187 10.8 3,689 38.1 2,139 26.9 1,550 89.2 14
Wyoming 346 232 8 12.7 113 32.8 58 20.6 55 87.3 1
Yates 312 259 7 25.9 50 16.2 30 10.6 20 74.1 3

1 VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.

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

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

4 Primary % - Primary Cesarean/(Primary Cesarean+Vaginal without Previous Cesarean)*100.

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