Table 5a: Live Birth Summary by Mother's Age 2007

Category Mother's Age
Total <15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + N.S.
All Births 252,662 193 5,277 12,322 51,543 67,290 66,128 39,457 9,613 811 28
Sex
Male 129,027 98 2,687 6,319 26,369 34,178 33,829 20,160 4,955 418 14
Female 123,630 95 2,590 6,003 25,172 33,111 32,298 19,297 4,658 393 13
Not Stated 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
Race1
White 164,555 86 2,892 7,166 31,731 42,798 45,151 27,614 6,549 557 11
Black 52,450 87 1,938 4,086 13,400 13,699 10,641 6,485 1,961 146 7
Other 35,324 20 443 1,057 6,346 10,699 10,253 5,314 1,084 104 4
Not Stated 333 0 4 13 66 94 83 44 19 4 6
Ethnicity
Hispanic 60,326 86 2,361 4,619 16,011 16,878 12,278 6,418 1,564 108 3
NonHispanic 192,336 107 2,916 7,703 35,532 50,412 53,850 33,039 8,049 703 25
Marital Status
Out of Wedlock 102,394 190 4,997 10,666 33,594 26,498 15,520 8,288 2,467 174 0
Married 147,271 2 242 1,564 17,613 40,184 49,603 30,498 6,961 602 2
Not Stated 2,997 1 38 92 336 608 1,005 671 185 35 26
Birthweight
< 1500 gms 3,716 11 105 258 702 906 857 632 210 35 0
1500-2499 gms 16,844 16 413 950 3,313 4,069 4,356 2,757 819 150 1
2500 + gms 231,904 166 4,757 11,112 47,491 62,260 60,864 36,030 8,575 625 24
Not Stated 198 0 2 2 37 55 51 38 9 1 3
Plurality
Single Births 242,624 191 5,217 12,086 50,254 64,952 62,980 37,300 9,027 594 23
Twins 9,536 2 60 228 1,256 2,214 2,968 2,051 555 198 4
Triplets + 488 0 0 8 31 121 176 104 30 18 0
Not Stated 14 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 1 1 1
Month PNC Began
1st - 3rd month 174,949 57 2,457 6,575 31,548 47,175 49,609 30,073 6,889 566 0
4th - 6th month 49,770 74 1,829 3,826 13,335 13,086 10,227 5,623 1,635 135 0
7th - 9th month 10,815 28 516 907 3,112 2,798 2,032 1,062 335 24 1
No PNC 1,369 7 81 134 371 335 229 152 55 4 1
PNC Start Unk 6,128 13 158 328 1,065 1,446 1,658 1,122 276 43 19
PNC Unknown 9,631 14 236 552 2,112 2,450 2,373 1,425 423 39 7
Order of Birth
1st Child 109,492 190 4,877 10,064 28,762 28,242 23,475 11,097 2,502 271 12
2nd Child 79,398 3 377 1,974 15,990 21,552 23,027 13,406 2,846 214 9
3rd Child 37,233 0 19 257 5,136 10,571 11,087 8,122 1,932 106 3
4th Child + 26,538 0 4 27 1,655 6,925 8,539 6,832 2,333 220 3
Not Stated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Method of Delivery
Vaginal 167,600 154 4,217 9,435 38,042 46,493 41,574 22,478 4,899 285 23
Cesarean 85,016 39 1,060 2,886 13,496 20,788 24,535 16,971 4,711 526 4
Not Stated 46 0 0 1 5 9 19 8 3 0 1
Mother's Education
< 12 Years 48,506 191 4,505 5,592 14,347 11,908 7,160 3,714 1,003 83 3
12 Years 66,059 0 711 5,115 19,867 18,312 12,762 7,127 2,003 157 5
13-15 Years 58,266 0 18 1,534 13,766 17,926 14,506 8,308 2,060 144 4
16 Years 39,877 0 0 7 2,541 10,634 14,878 9,441 2,200 172 4
17+ Years 38,599 0 0 0 743 8,162 16,504 10,665 2,275 246 4
Not Stated 1,355 2 43 74 279 348 318 202 72 9 8
Attendant
Physician 223,460 168 4,377 10,284 43,836 59,150 59,858 36,214 8,831 738 4
Cert Midwife 24,832 21 832 1,876 6,966 7,151 4,986 2,413 558 29 0
Other 1,810 2 38 89 483 501 396 231 57 10 3
Not Stated 2,560 2 30 73 258 488 888 599 167 34 21

1 Race variable is coded differently for births recorded in NYS Exclusive of NYCand 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 details.