Vital Statistics - 2003 Annual Report

Table 4: Resident Live Birth Summary by Race/Ethnicity
Total New York State - 2003
				Race / Ethnicity
		Total(1) Number	Total Percent	White Number	White Percent	Black Number	Black Percent	Other Number	Other Percent	Hispanic(2) Number	Hispanic Percent
All Births		253,001	100.0	182,150	100.0	47,669	100.0	21,959	100.0	54,849	100.0
Sex
Male		129,717	51.3	93,391	51.3	24,251	50.9	11,406	51.9	27,868	50.8
Female		123,281	48.7	88,756	48.7	23,418	49.1	10,553	48.1	26,981	49.2
Not Stated		3	0.0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mother's Age
10 - 14		236	0.1	117	0.1	112	0.2	7	0.0	97	0.2
15 - 17		5,566	2.2	3,480	1.9	1,963	4.1	95	0.4	2,229	4.1
18 - 19		12,036	4.8	7,984	4.4	3,657	7.7	336	1.5	4,114	7.5
20 - 24		50,845	20.1	35,374	19.4	11,782	24.7	3,395	15.5	15,177	27.7
25 - 29		63,875	25.2	44,961	24.7	11,802	24.8	6,816	31.0	14,827	27.0
30 - 34		70,313	27.8	52,848	29.0	10,034	21.0	7,150	32.6	11,096	20.2
35 - 39		39,904	15.8	29,912	16.4	6,466	13.6	3,328	15.2	5,864	10.7
40 - 44		9,542	3.8	6,985	3.8	1,730	3.6	769	3.5	1,376	2.5
45 +		671	0.3	483	0.3	123	0.3	62	0.3	68	0.1
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock		92,596	36.8	56,179	31.1	31,782	66.7	4,157	19.0	33,168	60.6
Married		158,734	63.2	124,436	68.9	15,841	33.3	17,727	81.0	21,528	39.4
Birthweight
< 1500 gms		3,869	1.5	2,190	1.2	1,384	2.9	260	1.2	783	1.4
1500-2499 gms		16,101	6.4	10,232	5.6	4,343	9.1	1,463	6.7	3,289	6.0
2500 + gms		232,882	92.1	169,698	93.2	41,938	88.0	20,234	92.2	50,771	92.6
Plurality
Single Births		243,628	96.3	175,094	96.1	46,016	96.5	21,344	97.2	53,425	97.4
Twins		8,718	3.4	6,516	3.6	1,584	3.3	575	2.6	1,365	2.5
Triplets +		655	0.3	540	0.3	69	0.1	40	0.2	59	0.1
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month		180,872	75.0	136,525	78.4	28,900	64.2	14,801	70.1	35,698	67.5
4th - 6th month		46,526	19.3	29,841	17.1	11,394	25.3	5,033	23.8	13,291	25.1
7th - 9th month		10,719	4.4	5,910	3.4	3,609	8.0	1,150	5.4	3,339	6.3
None		3,053	1.3	1,807	1.0	1,090	2.4	138	0.7	558	1.1
Order of Birth
1st Child		107,171	42.4	76,106	41.8	19,559	41.0	10,924	49.7	22,469	41.0
2nd Child		80,914	32.0	59,279	32.5	13,751	28.8	7,531	34.3	17,499	31.9
3rd Child		38,932	15.4	28,608	15.7	7,698	16.1	2,474	11.3	9,377	17.1
4th Child +		25,981	10.3	18,155	10.0	6,660	14.0	1,030	4.7	5,504	10.0
Method of Delivery
Vaginal		180,263	71.2	129,601	71.2	33,676	70.6	16,175	73.7	39,848	72.7
Cesarean		72,544	28.7	52,505	28.8	13,986	29.3	5,768	26.3	14,993	27.3
Not Stated		194	0.1	44	0.0	7	0.0	16	0.1	8	0.0
Mother's Education
< 12 Years		47,579	19.0	31,853	17.7	11,331	24.0	4,129	19.1	21,575	39.6
12 Years		73,254	29.3	50,196	27.8	16,680	35.3	6,019	27.8	16,757	30.8
13-15 Years		53,658	21.5	38,409	21.3	11,598	24.6	3,479	16.1	9,798	18.0
16 Years		37,017	14.8	28,619	15.9	4,185	8.9	4,133	19.1	3,148	5.8
17+ Years		38,636	15.4	31,236	17.3	3,407	7.2	3,904	18.0	3,149	5.8
Place of Birth
Hospital		250,985	99.2	180,775	99.3	47,261	99.1	21,881	99.6	54,544	99.4
Home		1,295	0.5	904	0.5	244	0.5	32	0.1	120	0.2
Other		688	0.3	442	0.2	162	0.3	46	0.2	185	0.3
Primary Financial Coverage
Medicaid		97,831	39.3	59,863	33.5	27,288	57.6	10,210	46.9	36,883	67.7
HMO		69,610	28.0	55,731	31.2	8,908	18.8	4,719	21.7	7,071	13.0
Other Ins		76,041	30.6	59,576	33.3	9,889	20.9	6,303	29.0	9,098	16.7
Self Pay		5,383	2.2	3,521	2.0	1,280	2.7	534	2.5	1,389	2.6
Attendant
Physician		223,063	89.3	158,589	88.5	43,322	91.1	20,306	93.0	47,605	87.1
Cert Midwife		25,838	10.3	20,069	11.2	4,047	8.5	1,477	6.8	6,833	12.5
Other		925	0.4	639	0.4	168	0.4	40	0.2	188	0.3
(1) Total Births = White + Black + Other + Not Stated.
(2) Hispanic Births is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated