Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County New York State - 2007

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 17,818 65.9 11,256 64.0 4,198 74.1 1,433 39.0 931 3,821 59.6
New York City
New York City 11,457 85.3 5,931 85.2 3,499 82.4 1,184 55.5 843 3,343 76.5
Bronx 2,104 84.3 954 85.1 746 62.9 57 36.8 347 920 65.8
Kings 4,050 88.1 1,985 85.2 1,627 99.4 335 54.4 103 925 93.9
New York 1,645 73.7 1,093 82.3 286 53.5 202 55.9 64 459 69.0
Queens 3,059 88.3 1,484 87.6 731 92.4 551 58.1 293 946 80.9
Richmond 599 92.6 415 84.4 109 112.7 39 72.0 36 93 62.3
Rest of State
Rest of State 6,361 46.7 5,325 50.2 699 49.2 249 16.2 88 478 23.4
Albany 204 59.6 140 60.4 51 74.9 10 23.7 3 9 35.4
Allegany 53 91.7 53 93.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Broome 139 61.5 125 64.7 11 84.6 2 10.2 1 1 11.4
Cattaraugus 67 63.0 60 66.5 2 125.0 3 39.0 2 1 66.7
Cayuga 24 29.2 24 31.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Chautauqua 114 70.5 112 74.4 2 105.3 0 0.0 0 14 128.4
Chemung 38 33.4 35 33.3 2 52.6 0 0.0 1 1 45.5
Chenango 35 59.9 35 61.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 142.9
Clinton 35 40.1 34 40.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Columbia 21 34.5 18 35.9 2 55.6 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Cortland 5 9.4 5 9.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Delaware 9 19.1 8 18.1 1 90.9 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 60 19.1 53 20.4 3 11.0 4 15.4 0 1 2.1
Erie 362 34.9 322 43.2 29 14.3 6 6.7 5 8 12.2
Essex/Hamilton 11 27.4 11 29.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Franklin 13 22.9 11 21.8 0 0.0 2 32.8 0 1 90.9
Fulton 25 39.7 25 40.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 133.3
Genesee 43 57.0 40 56.8 2 117.6 1 29.4 0 0 0.0
Greene 16 33.8 14 32.1 2 142.9 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Hamilton/Essex 11 27.4 11 29.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Herkimer 31 41.8 31 43.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 50.0
Jefferson 188 95.3 178 104.3 9 76.9 0 0.0 1 2 16.3
Lewis 33 100.9 31 98.4 0 0.0 2 200.0 0 0 0.0
Livingston 24 38.3 24 39.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Madison 8 10.2 8 10.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Monroe 261 29.2 182 28.8 57 27.5 14 26.1 8 18 21.6
Montgomery 23 36.9 22 38.3 0 0.0 1 32.3 0 1 8.2
Nassau 1,505 90.2 1,155 95.0 224 107.5 105 43.5 21 198 50.3
Niagara 192 78.6 168 81.6 21 89.7 2 13.5 1 3 51.7
Oneida 146 53.1 131 54.9 12 53.8 2 14.3 1 7 38.0
Onondaga 209 36.4 157 38.2 38 37.4 10 16.6 4 7 22.1
Ontario 25 21.9 25 24.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Orange 169 30.7 137 32.6 25 51.9 2 2.5 5 15 12.0
Orleans 27 56.7 26 57.5 1 52.6 0 0.0 0 1 35.7
Oswego 44 31.0 44 31.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 35.7
Otsego 28 48.3 26 47.6 2 125.0 0 0.0 0 1 58.8
Putnam 31 29.1 30 31.6 1 58.8 0 0.0 0 3 14.4
Rensselaer 76 39.4 66 42.5 5 24.3 0 0.0 5 5 44.2
Rockland 169 34.1 148 43.1 8 18.4 2 1.9 11 11 10.8
St Lawrence 84 63.4 80 64.4 0 0.0 4 76.9 0 0 0.0
Saratoga 115 46.8 106 46.1 4 160.0 2 15.2 3 3 48.4
Schenectady 131 68.1 102 75.3 19 74.5 8 25.5 2 6 35.5
Schoharie 19 61.1 19 63.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Schuyler 6 32.4 5 27.8 1 1000.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 6 15.3 6 16.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 59 48.0 57 48.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Suffolk 1,069 54.6 924 59.7 94 60.6 49 19.3 2 105 19.3
Sullivan 12 12.5 12 15.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3 17.4
Tioga 17 29.3 17 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Tompkins 12 12.6 9 11.9 3 90.9 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Ulster 18 9.6 16 10.2 2 11.7 0 0.0 0 4 15.8
Warren 13 20.3 12 19.3 0 0.0 1 52.6 0 0 0.0
Washington 10 15.4 10 16.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Wayne 27 24.7 27 27.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Westchester 271 22.3 182 25.3 66 38.3 16 5.0 7 44 10.9
Wyoming 20 44.4 19 42.9 0 0.0 1 200.0 0 0 0.0
Yates 9 28.0 8 25.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0

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

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.