Table 5: Live Birth Summary Information by Mother's Age
New York State 1997

Mother's Age
Total1 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ N.S.

Total Births
256,976 419 8,076 14,109 49,860 69,170 72,168 35,472 7,272 390 40
Sex
Male 131,353 213 4,169 7,259 25,487 35,266 36,929 18,083 3,733 196 18
Female 125,619 206 3,907 6,850 24,372 33,902 35,238 17,389 3,539 194 22
Race
White 183,073 188 4,703 8,854 33,356 49,421 54,339 26,566 5,332 285 29
Black 54,948 215 3,155 4,832 13,502 13,565 12,001 6,203 1,390 79 6
Other 17,847 12 175 349 2,736 5,908 5,562 2,575 504 23 3
Ethnicity
Hispanic 50,747 133 2,778 4,453 13,927 13,397 10,417 4,654 936 50 2
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 90,573 408 7,542 11,603 28,515 20,474 13,607 6,757 1,577 73 17
Married 165,645 10 532 2,491 21,285 48,529 58,240 28,550 5,672 316 20
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 4,016 18 172 245 749 975 1,065 632 137 21 2
1500-2499 gms 16,129 36 747 1,018 3,088 3,843 4,201 2,520 605 64 7
2500 + gms 236,710 365 7,157 12,844 46,000 64,317 66,878 32,291 6,524 305 29
Plurality
Single Births 248,369 419 7,967 13,845 48,700 67,112 69,370 33,682 6,933 305 36
Twins 7,983 0 109 264 1,130 1,923 2,550 1,618 306 79 4
Triplets + 624 0 0 0 30 135 248 172 33 6 0
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 167,076 113 3,328 6,750 27,432 46,596 52,559 25,262 4,817 215 4
4th - 6th month 47,261 129 2,572 4,022 12,301 11,931 9,889 5,164 1,188 65 0
7th - 9th month 10,552 88 777 1,122 2,859 2,576 1,956 921 235 18 0
None 3,755 16 231 316 886 934 841 428 99 1 3
Order of Birth
1st Child 106,548 413 7,265 10,613 25,891 28,912 22,737 8,795 1,788 116 18
2nd Child 83,421 6 740 2,946 15,954 23,165 26,724 11,740 2,038 95 13
3rd Child 39,896 0 66 474 5,747 10,477 13,663 7,967 1,439 58 5
4th Child + 27,071 0 5 76 2,268 6,616 9,043 6,962 1,985 114 2
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 197,043 367 6,957 12,068 41,312 54,255 52,965 24,263 4,653 171 32
Cesarean 59,393 51 1,108 2,024 8,461 14,773 19,038 11,119 2,597 219 3
Other 7 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1
Mother's Education
<12 Years 48,433 391 7,081 6,901 13,618 10,215 6,450 2,975 741 51 10
12 Years 82,953 0 785 5,734 21,147 23,385 20,299 9,559 1,943 87 14
13-15 Years 58,206 0 8 1,243 11,644 17,942 17,726 8,138 1,460 40 5
16 Years 34,727 0 0 3 1,895 9,724 14,437 7,281 1,312 70 5
17+ Years 28,937 0 0 0 677 6,925 12,438 7,051 1,710 133 3
Place of Birth
Hospital 254,645 410 7,998 13,990 49,416 68,561 71,592 35,107 7,150 386 35
Home 1,420 8 40 58 250 374 337 244 102 4 3
Other 712 1 34 55 168 194 166 80 14 0 0
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid 96,613 318 5,790 10,330 30,886 24,264 16,038 7,261 1,638 85 3
HMO 66,367 28 925 1,414 7,536 19,250 23,865 11,270 1,983 95 1
Other Ins 78,273 37 918 1,503 8,183 21,490 28,068 14,762 3,127 182 3
Self Pay 7,322 21 266 495 1,747 1,951 1,676 886 263 15 2
Attendant
Physician 225,083 327 6,590 11,469 41,637 60,610 65,249 32,187 6,646 360 8
Midwife 27,649 83 1,399 2,408 7,432 7,387 5,739 2,676 501 24 0
Other 1,222 4 45 87 299 347 239 144 53 3 1

1 Total includes records with information Not Stated

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