Table 14: Live Births by Method of Delivery and Resident County New York State - 2012

County Total Births Method of Delivery
Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Delivery 
# Vaginal # VBAC1 % VBAC2 #Cesarean %Cesarean3 #Primary %Primary #Repeat %Repeat Not Stated
New York State
New York State 239,224 156,546 4,114 10.9 81,550 34.3 47,813 20.1 33,737 14.2 1,128
New York City
New York City 118,811 79,946 2,274 13.3 38,769 32.7 23,962 20.2 14,807 12.5 96
Bronx 21,283 14,083 484 14.1 7,180 33.8 4,230 19.9 2,950 13.9 20
Kings 42,546 29,834 958 16.7 12,676 29.8 7,893 18.6 4,783 11.3 36
New York 19,210 12,672 308 13.4 6,518 34.0 4,524 23.6 1,994 10.4 20
Queens 30,485 20,052 444 9.5 10,418 34.2 6,190 20.3 4,228 13.9 15
Richmond 5,287 3,305 80 8.6 1,977 37.4 1,125 21.3 852 16.1 5
Rest of State
Rest of State 120,413 76,600 1,840 8.9 42,781 35.8 23,851 20.0 18,930 15.9 1,032
Albany 3,133 2,119 66 13.3 1,013 32.3 584 18.6 429 13.7 1
Allegany 471 289 2 2.7 145 33.4 73 16.8 72 16.6 37
Broome 2,076 1,305 25 7.3 765 37.0 449 21.7 316 15.3 6
Cattaraugus 904 540 7 5.0 274 33.7 141 17.3 133 16.3 90
Cayuga 803 568 5 5.0 234 29.2 139 17.3 95 11.8 1
Chautauqua 1,398 860 3 1.4 499 36.7 293 21.6 206 15.2 39
Chemung 1,046 734 20 12.7 303 29.2 165 15.9 138 13.3 9
Chenango 542 350 4 4.5 192 35.4 108 19.9 84 15.5 0
Clinton 781 501 5 5.0 278 35.7 182 23.4 96 12.3 2
Columbia 532 354 10 14.9 172 32.7 115 21.9 57 10.8 6
Cortland 461 301 2 3.0 156 34.1 91 19.9 65 14.2 4
Delaware 437 303 2 3.3 133 30.5 74 17.0 59 13.5 1
Dutchess 2,713 1,650 57 11.8 1,031 38.5 606 22.6 425 15.9 32
Erie 9,945 6,486 159 9.3 3,453 34.7 1,897 19.1 1,556 15.7 6
Essex 337 218 2 5.3 117 34.9 81 24.2 36 10.7 2
Franklin 531 311 11 9.6 210 40.3 107 20.5 103 19.8 10
Fulton 520 348 2 2.6 172 33.1 96 18.5 76 14.6 0
Genesee 606 408 9 8.7 197 32.6 103 17.0 94 15.5 1
Greene 412 273 8 13.1 139 33.7 86 20.9 53 12.9 0
Hamilton 35 27 0 0.0 8 22.9 6 17.1 2 5.7 0
Herkimer 658 403 7 5.8 249 38.2 135 20.7 114 17.5 6
Jefferson 2,277 1,663 44 14.2 596 26.4 330 14.6 266 11.8 18
Lewis 342 223 9 14.8 108 32.6 56 16.9 52 15.7 11
Livingston 503 354 2 2.9 148 29.5 81 16.1 67 13.3 1
Madison 710 494 5 4.6 210 29.8 106 15.1 104 14.8 6
Monroe 8,270 5,698 196 15.3 2,569 31.1 1,485 18.0 1,084 13.1 3
Montgomery 561 364 7 7.4 185 33.7 97 17.7 88 16.0 12
Nassau 13,994 8,477 193 7.0 5,511 39.4 2,931 21.0 2,580 18.4 6
Niagara 2,133 1,166 23 5.0 966 45.3 533 25.0 433 20.3 1
Oneida 2,614 1,675 27 6.1 931 35.7 514 19.7 417 16.0 8
Onondaga 5,317 3,667 73 9.6 1,648 31.0 963 18.1 685 12.9 2
Ontario 1,045 761 25 17.0 284 27.2 162 15.5 122 11.7 0
Orange 4,724 3,189 120 14.4 1,451 31.3 735 15.8 716 15.4 84
Orleans 402 268 8 11.1 132 33.0 68 17.0 64 16.0 2
Oswego 1,335 894 12 5.5 435 32.7 230 17.3 205 15.4 6
Otsego 518 370 8 12.3 139 27.3 82 16.1 57 11.2 9
Putnam 827 472 13 8.8 346 42.3 211 25.8 135 16.5 9
Rensselaer 1,598 1,095 33 13.8 500 31.3 294 18.4 206 12.9 3
Rockland 4,593 3,319 172 25.2 1,102 24.9 591 13.4 511 11.6 172
St Lawrence 1,250 665 14 5.8 512 43.5 285 24.2 227 19.3 73
Saratoga 2,194 1,437 27 7.6 757 34.5 427 19.5 330 15.0 0
Schenectady 1,938 1,351 38 14.2 587 30.3 357 18.4 230 11.9 0
Schoharie 262 178 4 8.7 84 32.1 42 16.0 42 16.0 0
Schuyler 197 140 4 15.4 55 28.2 33 16.9 22 11.3 2
Seneca 350 263 3 9.4 86 24.6 57 16.3 29 8.3 1
Steuben 1,116 688 15 8.8 383 35.8 227 21.2 156 14.6 45
Suffolk 15,727 8,721 119 3.5 6,996 44.5 3,761 23.9 3,235 20.6 10
Sullivan 949 639 17 10.5 303 32.2 158 16.8 145 15.4 7
Tioga 489 288 6 9.7 162 36.0 106 23.6 56 12.4 39
Tompkins 942 646 12 9.5 293 31.2 179 19.1 114 12.1 3
Ulster 1,583 992 17 6.4 589 37.3 339 21.4 250 15.8 2
Warren 582 381 5 5.7 200 34.4 118 20.3 82 14.1 1
Washington 619 400 6 7.4 217 35.2 142 23.0 75 12.2 2
Wayne 968 684 13 10.3 282 29.2 169 17.5 113 11.7 2
Westchester 10,439 6,107 146 7.7 4,096 40.1 2,349 23.0 1,747 17.1 236
Wyoming 376 256 9 14.8 119 31.7 67 17.9 52 13.9 1
Yates 328 267 9 27.3 59 18.1 35 10.7 24 7.4 2

1 VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.

2 VBAC % - VBAC/(VBAC+Repeat Cesarean)*100.

3 Cesarean % - Cesarean/All Births with Known Method*100.