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Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1999

Total1 White Black Other Not Stated Hispanic2
County Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Number Rate

New York State 21,455 77.6 13,518 69.0 5,399 92.4 1,167 59.0 1,371 3,888 68.4
New York City 13,434 101.3 6,511 89.3 4,681 108.4 1,007 67.5 1,235 3,618 82.8
Bronx 2,854 112.9 1,257 96.0 1,057 98.0 60 69.0 480 1,270 95.1
Kings 4,476 101.6 1,971 88.0 2,023 114.3 263 71.2 219 840 81.5
New York 2,284 104.0 1,324 94.5 550 108.4 157 62.3 253 650 83.4
Queens 3,121 89.8 1,437 78.8 914 106.1 496 66.5 274 759 68.0
Richmond 699 106.9 522 101.0 137 139.1 31 83.6 9 99 90.7
Rest of State 8,021 55.7 7,007 56.9 718 47.0 160 33.0 136 270 20.5
Albany 218 65.0 144 56.6 49 77.7 14 92.7 11 4 32.0
Allegany 49 80.3 49 81.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Broome 96 40.3 82 37.9 9 67.2 4 47.6 1 3 54.5
Cattaraugus 74 69.5 70 73.8 1 58.8 3 58.8 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 29 31.0 29 32.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 58.8
Chautauqua 125 74.9 121 76.1 0 0.0 4 153.8 0 14 114.8
Chemung 45 39.4 41 38.9 2 27.0 1 76.9 1 0 0.0
Chenango 34 59.8 34 60.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Clinton 35 40.1 33 38.9 2 181.8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Columbia 51 78.8 45 77.2 5 98.0 1 76.9 0 1 34.5
Cortland 12 20.5 11 19.3 0 0.0 1 142.9 0 0 0.0
Delaware 31 63.4 31 65.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 222 65.1 211 73.8 8 21.0 1 6.8 2 1 3.7
Erie 593 50.4 517 56.2 72 32.5 3 9.0 1 4 8.2
Essex 7 17.6 7 17.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Franklin 5 11.1 4 9.7 0 0.0 1 27.0 0 0 0.0
Fulton 45 71.9 44 71.8 1 125.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Genesee 57 71.7 56 74.7 0 0.0 1 37.0 0 0 0.0
Greene 45 94.1 40 89.1 3 214.3 1 125.0 1 1 76.9
Hamilton 3 88.2 3 88.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Herkimer 64 87.1 63 87.1 1 333.3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Jefferson 38 21.2 36 22.4 2 13.9 0 0.0 0 1 10.5
Lewis 29 80.1 29 81.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Livingston 29 39.9 29 40.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Madison 31 39.0 29 37.4 1 166.7 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Monroe 238 25.2 162 23.2 66 31.9 6 16.9 4 8 11.6
Montgomery 50 80.0 49 80.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4 54.1
Nassau 1,431 77.9 1,183 78.3 159 68.9 59 67.1 30 68 24.2
Niagara 183 65.9 169 69.4 13 48.3 1 14.5 0 2 69.0
Oneida 196 68.9 181 70.1 13 68.4 1 14.7 1 7 57.4
Onondaga 201 32.2 159 32.2 32 31.3 7 25.8 3 3 13.3
Ontario 22 20.1 21 20.1 0 0.0 1 47.6 0 0 0.0
Orange 389 74.3 359 76.5 26 62.7 0 0.0 4 26 34.9
Orleans 45 78.3 42 77.5 1 43.5 1 125.0 1 1 55.6
Oswego 81 51.7 80 51.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 58.8
Otsego 57 90.0 55 90.0 2 250.0 0 0.0 0 1 111.1
Putnam 47 38.4 43 36.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0 0.0
Rensselaer 76 41.8 67 40.5 8 70.8 0 0.0 1 2 32.3
Rockland 270 56.6 243 62.3 11 18.9 1 4.0 15 5 9.2
St Lawrence 35 29.5 35 30.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Saratoga 168 65.3 159 63.4 4 190.5 2 51.3 3 0 0.0
Schenectady 205 106.3 185 111.6 15 72.8 4 85.1 1 1 15.6
Schoharie 29 86.3 29 88.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 250.0
Schuyler 10 44.6 10 44.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 9 24.1 9 24.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 46 37.6 44 37.0 1 62.5 1 62.5 0 1 90.9
Suffolk 1,229 58.0 1,098 58.6 94 52.8 15 26.3 22 40 13.0
Sullivan 73 78.5 67 80.0 6 75.9 0 0.0 0 5 48.1
Tioga 11 17.1 11 17.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Tompkins 11 12.1 11 14.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Ulster 134 70.8 120 69.8 12 115.4 0 0.0 2 1 8.4
Warren 78 107.1 78 108.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Washington 50 72.4 50 73.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Wayne 19 15.0 18 15.0 1 20.8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Westchester 627 47.4 478 47.6 98 46.2 26 32.1 25 63 22.1
Wyoming 28 62.2 28 63.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Yates 6 18.5 6 18.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Spontaneous Fetal Death Rate = Number of Spontaneous Fetal Deaths per 1,000 Spontaneous Fetal Deaths + Live Births
1 Total Spontaneous Fetal Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
2 Hispanic Spontaneous Fetal Deaths is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated
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Revised: October 2001