Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Race / Ethnicity
County Total #1 Total
Rate*
White # White
Rate
Black # Black
Rate
Other # Other
Rate
N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic
Rate
New York State
New York State 18,091 67.8 11,929 66.5 4,128 80.7 1,192 33.8 842 3,800 62.6
New York City
New York City 11,110 85.6 5,943 81.9 3,458 90.9 976 53.6 733 3,344 78.0
Bronx 2,158 88.6 989 77.9 749 74.8 64 50.9 356 1,005 76.0
Kings 4,038 92.3 1,966 85.7 1,644 103.5 299 62.8 129 887 89.1
New York 1,619 73.2 1,109 76.0 306 71.9 109 35.1 95 494 70.6
Queens 2,625 79.5 1,384 80.1 635 91.0 472 55.1 134 843 74.7
Richmond 670 102.9 495 97.5 124 136.1 32 64.8 19 115 82.4
Rest of State
Rest of State 6,981 50.9 5,986 56.1 670 51.1 216 12.6 109 456 25.5
Albany 113 35.6 86 37.4 19 31.7 3 10.9 5 2 11.2
Allegany 47 81.9 45 81.8 0 0.0 1 47.6 1 2 250.0
Broome 138 63.8 126 67.6 9 72.0 2 11.6 1 3 47.6
Cattaraugus 86 85.4 81 90.0 2 222.2 3 45.5 0 2 133.3
Cayuga 16 18.7 15 18.7 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Chautauqua 104 67.8 100 69.2 3 111.1 1 18.9 0 5 50.5
Chemung 40 39.5 34 36.6 6 107.1 0 0.0 0 1 66.7
Chenango 28 50.6 27 49.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Clinton 63 77.6 62 78.5 1 142.9 0 0.0 0 2 250.0
Columbia 31 50.3 28 53.6 2 64.5 1 16.7 0 5 122.0
Cortland 20 38.0 20 39.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Delaware 8 18.0 7 16.5 1 125.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 126 38.4 118 49.4 3 9.7 3 5.1 2 4 9.0
Erie 438 41.2 364 46.2 65 36.0 8 8.5 1 10 18.2
Essex 12 30.8 12 31.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Franklin 12 22.5 9 18.8 0 0.0 3 54.5 0 0 0.0
Fulton 30 51.9 29 53.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 1 58.8
Genesee 48 71.2 42 66.7 3 157.9 1 43.5 2 2 87.0
Greene 17 37.1 16 37.6 0 0.0 1 43.5 0 1 62.5
Hamilton 1 25.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Herkimer 34 46.4 32 45.4 1 142.9 1 50.0 0 0 0.0
Jefferson 133 80.9 129 88.8 4 46.0 0 0.0 0 1 10.6
Lewis 24 78.4 24 81.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 333.3
Livingston 33 49.5 33 51.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 55.6
Madison 22 30.3 21 30.0 1 250.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Monroe 215 25.3 156 25.2 52 29.3 6 11.0 1 10 13.3
Montgomery 27 42.4 25 44.8 1 90.9 0 0.0 1 3 27.0
Nassau 1,383 81.3 1,063 94.1 205 112.0 80 20.8 35 152 43.7
Niagara 173 69.5 155 73.1 17 78.3 1 6.5 0 1 16.7
Oneida 159 58.2 141 59.9 10 46.1 4 25.5 4 8 64.5
Onondaga 203 33.6 162 35.9 32 37.0 8 11.9 1 6 19.4
Ontario 30 27.2 28 27.4 1 41.7 1 18.5 0 0 0.0
Orange 258 47.3 240 56.7 12 28.4 0 0.0 6 20 18.3
Orleans 30 62.0 29 64.2 1 71.4 0 0.0 0 1 32.3
Oswego 73 51.2 70 50.3 2 285.7 1 37.0 0 2 83.3
Otsego 7 12.7 7 13.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Putnam 42 34.8 39 36.2 1 55.6 1 9.1 1 5 31.8
Rensselaer 58 32.3 51 33.1 5 36.5 1 8.7 1 2 31.3
Rockland 198 41.8 187 56.5 7 15.6 1 1.0 3 7 8.5
St Lawrence 49 38.5 47 39.2 1 125.0 1 24.4 0 1 90.9
Saratoga 153 59.7 144 59.8 1 62.5 3 23.1 5 2 34.5
Schenectady 177 88.1 147 100.4 22 89.1 8 26.8 0 8 51.0
Schoharie 19 61.5 18 59.6 0 0.0 1 166.7 0 0 0.0
Schuyler 13 66.3 13 68.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 9 26.1 9 27.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 48 42.3 47 43.0 1 83.3 0 0.0 0 1 71.4
Suffolk 1,301 62.1 1,137 72.3 105 68.6 44 12.0 15 94 20.6
Sullivan 43 49.0 38 50.7 4 46.0 1 25.0 0 5 32.5
Tioga 15 26.0 15 26.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Tompkins 12 13.0 10 13.7 1 32.3 1 6.3 0 0 0.0
Ulster 77 40.2 65 39.4 9 75.0 0 0.0 3 4 20.0
Warren 67 97.8 67 101.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Washington 45 65.5 44 65.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Wayne 30 26.1 29 27.7 1 30.3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Westchester 414 32.3 315 36.6 57 30.4 24 10.5 18 81 21.4
Wyoming 18 40.4 18 41.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Yates 11 44.2 10 41.5 0 0.0 1 200.0 0 0 0.0

* Spontaneous Fetal Death Rate = (Number of Spontaneous Fetal Deaths*1000)/ (Number of Live Births + Spontaneous Fetal Deaths)

  1. Spontaneous Fetal Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
  2. Hispanic Fetal Deaths is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated