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Table 8: Live Birth and Fertility Rates by Resident County and Mother's Age
New York State 1998

  Live   Mother's Age
  Birth Fertility
County Rate1 Rate2 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+3

New York State 13.8 62.4 0.6 21.8 63.4 86.5 103.8 92.4 47.3 10.4 0.6
New York City 15.8 66.9 0.9 29.1 80.4 105.2 100.7 83.6 48.1 12.8 0.9
Bronx 18.5 78.8 1.6 46.3 117.8 135.6 118.1 86.8 44.6 10.6 0.6
Kings 16.8 71.7 0.8 26.8 85.6 128.6 112.7 81.4 48.6 13.7 0.9
New York 12.8 50.4 0.9 33.1 61.6 62.9 59.3 69.1 45.9 14.9 1.6
Queens 15.5 68.9 0.6 21.0 66.7 98.7 112.6 92.8 50.9 11.8 0.7
Richmond 13.9 60.0 0.5 14.5 44.5 66.3 100.7 103.5 51.6 9.3 0.6
Rest of State 12.5 59.0 0.4 17.1 51.8 72.2 106.8 99.9 46.7 8.8 0.4
Albany 11.4 50.1 0.5 19.4 37.9 52.0 93.8 86.3 38.1 7.5 0.3
Allegany 10.8 52.0 0.0 19.8 37.1 107.3 134.2 52.9 24.4 2.3 0.6
Broome 10.3 49.2 0.1 24.6 51.2 67.3 91.2 66.5 34.4 5.4 0.3
Cattaraugus 12.7 63.1 0.9 18.0 70.6 127.8 141.0 75.1 26.8 7.2 0.0
Cayuga 10.6 53.8 0.0 20.6 79.2 100.9 114.0 65.0 18.5 4.3 0.4
Chautauqua 10.9 55.1 0.9 26.9 70.7 104.1 103.8 68.6 25.1 6.1 0.0
Chemung 10.2 51.5 1.3 28.9 98.4 104.7 96.5 55.7 23.2 3.4 0.3
Chenango 11.1 56.4 0.4 18.3 109.1 138.7 104.4 58.7 26.6 6.2 0.5
Clinton 8.2 37.2 0.0 14.1 41.2 52.8 71.2 41.1 23.5 5.2 0.4
Columbia 9.1 47.7 0.4 20.2 63.5 81.7 97.5 69.1 29.6 6.3 0.0
Cortland 11.7 49.8 0.5 18.7 37.5 68.8 106.2 72.5 28.1 5.2 0.0
Delaware 9.7 52.1 0.0 9.8 51.9 107.4 110.2 74.4 30.2 4.1 0.0
Dutchess 12.2 57.2 0.2 17.7 36.6 65.6 101.6 99.9 49.3 10.0 0.5
Erie 11.8 56.4 0.7 23.5 61.8 71.0 108.3 86.0 35.8 7.5 0.2
Essex 9.7 52.8 0.0 12.3 78.8 108.6 103.9 59.8 32.7 9.3 0.0
Franklin 9.6 50.4 0.5 20.1 66.7 106.0 99.8 62.8 17.7 6.1 0.0
Fulton 11.3 57.8 1.0 33.0 126.7 116.7 118.6 64.1 19.2 3.8 0.0
Genesee 11.2 54.9 0.4 14.9 46.2 82.8 116.1 84.0 29.4 6.0 0.0
Greene 10.6 56.8 0.0 13.0 46.7 109.6 118.4 74.2 43.6 6.8 0.6
Hamilton 6.9 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 118.8 92.4 56.2 15.7 9.3 0.0
Herkimer 10.2 52.5 0.0 19.0 58.8 113.6 102.8 66.6 28.0 5.0 0.5
Jefferson 14.9 72.7 0.0 17.0 109.1 154.5 133.5 70.4 24.4 5.5 0.0
Lewis 11.9 60.8 0.0 27.1 76.9 143.9 121.0 54.8 25.5 10.9 0.0
Livingston 9.8 41.2 0.4 13.9 21.6 46.8 96.3 67.0 26.2 5.8 0.5
Madison 11.8 53.0 0.0 8.8 23.8 80.2 130.7 84.2 31.8 6.6 0.0
Monroe 13.0 58.4 0.6 28.0 63.8 75.0 99.9 93.1 39.5 7.3 0.5
Montgomery 11.7 62.7 0.5 29.7 144.7 123.2 121.9 68.1 28.1 4.8 0.0
Nassau 13.4 65.1 0.4 9.3 31.8 45.6 109.0 142.3 67.3 12.5 0.4
Niagara 11.6 57.0 0.6 23.8 76.5 91.8 111.5 75.0 33.0 4.6 0.1
Oneida 10.2 51.9 0.7 24.9 65.5 83.8 97.3 69.5 29.6 4.7 0.2
Onondaga 12.3 55.8 0.4 26.0 53.1 69.3 97.2 87.0 41.9 5.9 0.4
Ontario 11.9 55.8 0.0 16.1 51.3 80.7 111.5 91.9 37.1 6.9 0.0
Orange 13.7 64.6 0.6 17.5 63.4 108.1 114.1 98.5 45.0 9.6 0.4
Orleans 12.0 58.5 0.6 20.8 121.1 127.4 108.1 60.9 26.4 4.1 0.0
Oswego 11.7 52.8 0.6 18.6 59.9 83.3 112.5 57.2 32.6 3.9 0.2
Otsego 9.2 41.7 0.0 7.8 16.3 53.9 119.8 61.7 26.4 8.4 0.0
Putnam 13.7 61.0 0.0 2.1 13.9 39.2 104.0 129.6 70.1 10.2 1.0
Rensselaer 11.1 51.6 1.1 14.0 54.9 77.5 93.0 72.4 36.7 6.8 0.2
Rockland 16.1 76.4 0.1 6.1 51.6 98.4 134.4 148.8 74.4 14.8 1.1
St Lawrence 10.6 50.8 0.7 22.1 38.1 80.1 121.1 63.2 25.5 4.7 0.0
Saratoga 12.3 54.9 0.0 8.3 44.6 65.5 115.9 97.2 38.0 5.4 0.1
Schenectady 11.7 57.0 0.6 24.7 74.0 84.2 98.3 85.7 37.5 7.4 0.2
Schoharie 9.1 42.9 0.0 8.3 24.1 61.2 113.3 64.0 31.0 5.9 0.0
Schuyler 10.6 54.9 1.2 19.4 107.0 137.9 123.9 42.1 28.6 6.5 0.0
Seneca 10.5 52.9 0.8 10.6 78.3 103.6 116.6 61.5 32.2 5.8 0.0
Steuben 11.6 59.8 0.0 26.4 98.3 140.2 116.0 67.7 24.8 5.2 0.6
Suffolk 14.5 66.1 0.1 9.9 43.0 58.7 114.6 136.4 62.6 10.6 0.4
Sullivan 11.8 62.6 0.0 26.7 103.9 120.0 108.7 80.3 36.5 7.6 0.4
Tioga 10.1 49.3 0.4 12.0 98.2 107.8 85.6 64.2 27.4 3.2 0.0
Tompkins 8.1 29.9 0.0 13.6 13.0 25.1 66.5 52.1 30.1 6.6 0.0
Ulster 11.0 52.0 0.4 14.1 57.5 70.6 93.9 80.8 38.8 10.1 0.2
Warren 10.1 48.4 0.4 14.5 50.5 83.4 102.4 63.3 29.5 6.2 0.0
Washington 9.3 48.9 0.0 20.6 93.2 95.5 91.3 58.0 25.0 2.7 0.0
Wayne 13.7 65.9 0.8 20.9 108.5 120.3 135.6 84.6 34.7 6.7 0.9
Westchester 14.0 66.3 0.4 14.7 47.1 58.3 98.9 125.2 71.5 14.6 0.6
Wyoming 10.4 55.5 0.0 15.9 70.7 106.6 112.6 82.5 27.0 3.8 0.0
Yates 13.8 69.6 0.0 26.1 48.9 130.2 154.4 81.9 51.6 5.4 0.0

1 Live Birth Rates based on live births per 1,000 population
2 Fertility Rates based on live births per 1,000 female population 15-44
3 Fertility Rates for Age 45+ based on live births to women aged 45+ per 1,000 female population 45-49
All other rates are age-specific fertility rates
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Revised: May 2001