Table 4b Live Births by Financial Coverage and Mother's Race/Ethnicity - Births Recorded Outside NYC 2007

Category Total2 Number Total Percent Race1/Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other Number Other Percent   Hispanic3 Number Hispanic Percent
All Births 128,122 100.0 98,881 100.0 13,420 100.0 15,592 100.0 19,860 100.0
Primary Financial Coverage*
Medicaid/Fam Hlth Plus 39,901 31.1 25,834 26.1 6,950 51.8 7,095 45.5 12,110 61.0
Private Insurance 76,412 59.6 64,395 65.1 5,027 37.5 6,949 44.6 5,857 29.5
Self Pay 2,961 2.3 2,155 2.2 413 3.1 386 2.5 792 4.0
Indian Health Service 86 0.1 16 0.0 0 0.0 70 0.4 6 0.0
CHAMPUS/Tricare 1,566 1.2 1,258 1.3 138 1.0 170 1.1 154 0.8
Child Health Plus B 2,387 1.9 1,566 1.6 426 3.2 395 2.5 406 2.0
Other Insurance 2,629 2.1 1,954 2.0 356 2.7 319 2.0 339 1.7
Not Stated 2,180 1.7 1,703 1.7 110 0.8 208 1.3 196 1.0

* Reporting differences exist between NYC and Non-NYC for the variable "Financial Coverage". In this table, Financial Coverage by race/ethnicty is limited to Non-NYC recorded births and NYS residents. The total number of NYS births is t he sum of the totals reported in Tables 4b and 4c.

1 Race variable is coded differently for births recorded in NYS Exclusive of NYC and births recorded in NYC. For this table, "White Alone" is pooled with "White" and "Black Alone" is pooled with "Black". See the Technical Notes for deta ils.

2 Total Births includes births with race= "Not Stated".

3 Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.