Table 18: Spontaneous Fetal Deaths and Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County New York State - 2008

County Total #1 Total Rate Race/Ethnicity
White # White Rate Black # Black Rate Other # Other Rate N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic Rate
New York State
New York State 17,849 66.7 11,131 63.2 4,187 84.2 1,560 39.4 971 3,779 59.3
New York City
New York City 11,702 87.7 5,952 82.2 3,506 98.2 1,347 57.2 897 3,287 76.6
Bronx 1,838 73.9 829 66.8 652 63.9 55 31.6 302 833 59.6
Kings 4,215 92.0 2,034 86.6 1,668 115.4 384 51.1 129 927 94.8
New York 1,539 70.4 984 68.5 314 91.3 181 48.9 60 358 57.8
Queens 3,350 97.4 1,575 91.3 747 111.9 687 68.8 341 1,034 90.5
Richmond 760 116.7 530 107.6 125 137.5 40 66.7 65 135 87.6
Rest of State
Rest of State 6,147 45.9 5,179 50.0 681 48.5 213 13.2 74 492 23.7
Albany 158 48.8 121 55.3 21 34.5 12 27.5 4 7 27.5
Allegany 52 90.4 51 90.9 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Broome 157 70.4 138 71.6 17 144.1 1 5.4 1 3 30.6
Cattaraugus 45 42.9 45 50.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 11 13.1 11 13.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 43.5
Chautauqua 126 82.2 119 84.9 4 114.3 2 28.2 1 10 71.4
Chemung 31 31.5 27 30.5 1 24.4 2 36.4 1 1 45.5
Chenango 18 32.4 18 33.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 100.0
Clinton 35 43.5 34 43.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0
Columbia 28 44.2 24 46.0 3 73.2 1 14.9 0 1 23.3
Cortland 4 6.9 4 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Delaware 13 28.7 13 30.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 30 10.1 27 11.3 2 7.0 1 3.4 0 4 8.6
Erie 303 30.3 266 36.6 33 16.6 4 5.5 0 9 12.7
Essex/Hamilton 15 36.6 14 35.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 142.9
Franklin 17 30.7 11 22.5 0 0.0 5 84.7 1 0 0.0
Fulton 22 34.7 21 34.4 1 125.0 0 0.0 0 1 52.6
Genesee 26 39.3 26 42.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 54.1
Greene 25 53.2 22 50.9 2 181.8 0 0.0 1 3 78.9
Hamilton/Essex 15 36.6 14 35.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 142.9
Herkimer 34 50.1 34 52.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 52.6
Jefferson 144 63.1 137 70.6 4 28.6 2 10.3 1 3 18.0
Lewis 27 75.4 27 78.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 500.0
Livingston 28 45.2 27 44.9 0 0.0 1 76.9 0 4 210.5
Madison 10 13.9 10 14.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Monroe 270 30.0 196 31.8 62 30.3 5 6.4 7 6 6.8
Montgomery 18 26.3 16 25.4 2 153.8 0 0.0 0 3 18.1
Nassau 1,357 82.8 1,059 90.9 195 93.8 86 32.8 17 187 47.0
Niagara 156 64.5 135 67.1 21 86.4 0 0.0 0 3 44.1
Oneida 131 47.8 107 46.7 19 78.5 3 14.5 2 8 46.2
Onondaga 204 35.4 157 37.8 38 40.6 7 10.5 2 8 24.5
Ontario 46 40.0 45 42.8 0 0.0 1 13.5 0 3 44.8
Orange 196 35.0 163 38.3 29 55.1 2 2.5 2 28 21.2
Orleans 17 39.9 16 39.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 43.5
Oswego 73 50.1 71 50.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Otsego 25 43.3 22 41.4 3 250.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Putnam 23 22.8 21 24.4 0 0.0 2 14.7 0 4 19.7
Rensselaer 61 34.2 49 33.5 10 54.6 0 0.0 2 4 36.4
Rockland 156 30.5 139 39.1 12 27.2 2 1.8 3 7 6.9
St Lawrence 68 51.9 63 52.4 1 500.0 1 16.7 3 0 0.0
Saratoga 139 57.1 128 56.7 1 30.3 7 50.7 3 2 23.8
Schenectady 167 82.7 140 98.0 20 78.7 7 20.8 0 4 21.6
Schoharie 20 57.0 20 60.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Schuyler 4 22.2 4 22.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 4 10.8 4 11.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Steuben 61 55.6 60 57.2 1 83.3 0 0.0 0 1 142.9
Suffolk 1,058 55.6 911 60.6 109 68.5 33 13.8 5 109 20.5
Sullivan 65 63.2 56 73.2 5 59.5 4 22.3 0 10 49.5
Tioga 21 39.0 19 36.5 2 666.7 0 0.0 0 1 125.0
Tompkins 12 13.3 10 14.1 1 34.5 1 6.3 0 0 0.0
Ulster 28 15.4 26 17.0 2 13.9 0 0.0 0 2 7.8
Warren 51 71.9 51 73.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 111.1
Washington 34 49.4 33 49.0 1 333.3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Wayne 29 25.4 27 26.0 2 48.8 0 0.0 0 3 43.5
Westchester 266 22.6 179 26.4 57 33.4 17 5.2 13 43 10.8
Wyoming 18 44.3 16 40.1 0 0.0 2 333.3 0 0 0.0
Yates 10 33.2 9 30.8 0 0.0 1 125.0 0 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.