The Genealogical Research Death Index assists individuals with locating New York State (NYS) death records that fall within defined genealogy years, exclusive of New York City recorded death records. This Index contains information on decedents, date of death, gender, age at death, and NYS file number that will allow the public to search for individuals on a variety of genealogy criteria if on file for at least 50 years.

New York State Baby Names are aggregated and displayed by the year, county, or borough where the mother resided as stated on a New York State or New York City (NYC) birth certificate. The frequency of the baby name is listed if there are 5 or more of the same baby name in a county outside of NYC or 10 or more of the same baby name in a NYC borough.

New York State's Maternity Information Law requires each hospital to provide information about its childbirth practices and procedures. This information can help you to better understand what you can expect, learn more about your childbirth choices, and plan for your baby's birth.

This chart shows the trend in percentage of preterm births for Albany county. It also shows the 2024 objective. To view the chart for a different county, create a new chart under the "Visualize" tab. This chart is based on the Prevention Agenda Tracking Indicators county level trend data set posted on this site. Each dataset consists of county level data for 68 health tracking indicators and sub-indicators for the Prevention Agenda 2019-2024: New York State’s Health Improvement Plan. A health tracking indicator is a metric through which progress on a certain area of health improvement can be assessed. The indicators are organized by the Priority Area of the Prevention Agenda as well as the Focus Area under each Priority Area. Each dataset includes tracking indicators for the five Priority Areas of the Prevention Agenda 2013-2018. The most recent year dataset includes the most recent county level data for all indicators. The trend dataset includes the most recent county level data and historical data, where available. Each dataset also includes the Prevention Agenda 2018 state targets for the indicators. Sub-indicators are included in these datasets to measure health disparities among socioeconomic groups. For more information, check out: https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/prevention_agenda/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains the number of New York State live births stratified by the mother's age range and county of residence. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains death counts by resident county and race/ethnicity. For more information check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics.

This chart shows the percentage of preterm births for the most recent data year by county. It also shows the 2017 objective. This chart is based on one of three datasets related to the Prevention Agenda Tracking Indicators county level data posted on this site. Each dataset consists of county level data for 68 health tracking indicators and sub-indicators for the Prevention Agenda 2013-2017: New York State’s Health Improvement Plan. A health tracking indicator is a metric through which progress on a certain area of health improvement can be assessed. The indicators are organized by the Priority Area of the Prevention Agenda as well as the Focus Area under each Priority Area. Each dataset includes tracking indicators for the five Priority Areas of the Prevention Agenda 2013-2017. The most recent year dataset includes the most recent county level data for all indicators. The trend dataset includes the most recent county level data and historical data, where available. Each dataset also includes the Prevention Agenda 2017 state targets for the indicators. Sub-indicators are included in these datasets to measure health disparities among socioeconomic groups. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/prevention_agenda/2013-2017/ and https://www.health.ny.gov/PreventionAgendaDashboard. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This trend chart shows the percentage of births to teens aged 15 - 19 years in New York State. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS trend data table presents data for close to 300 health indicators and are provided for all 62 counties, for New York State, for New York City, and Rest of State. . For more information: check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains the number of New York State live births by the infant’s birth weight in grams and the mother’s county of residence. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, check out: :http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains the number of New York State live births stratified by county of residence and gestation in weeks. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This map shows the percentage of premature births with less than 37 weeks gestation by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of premature births with less than 37 weeks gestation. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of premature births with less than 37 weeks gestation. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This map shows the percentage of premature deaths of individuals less than 75 years old by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of premature deaths. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of premature deaths. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains the number of New York State live births stratified by primary financial coverage and county of residence. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics table on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, go to: http://www.health.nygov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This map shows the teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 females age 15 to 17 by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of teen pregnancy. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of teen pregnancy. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains the number of New York State live births stratified by the mother's race/ethnicity and county of residence. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, check out: : http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This chart shows the trend in the number of New York State live births by the infant’s birth weight in grams beginning in 2008. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, check out: :http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This chart shows the trend of percentage of preterm births in New York State. This chart is based on the Prevention Agenda Tracking Indicators state level trend data set posted on this site. Each dataset consists of 58 state-level health tracking indicators and 31 sub-indicators for the Prevention Agenda 2019-2024: New York State’s Health Improvement Plan. A health tracking indicator is a metric through which progress on a certain area of health improvement can be assessed. The indicators are organized by the Priority Area of the Prevention Agenda as well as the Focus Area under each Priority Area. Priority areas include Chronic Disease; Health and Safe Environment; Healthy Women, Infants and Children; Mental Health and Substance Abuse; and HIV, STDs, Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Healthcare Associated Infections. The most recent year dataset includes the most recent state level data for all indicators. The trend dataset includes the most recent state level data and historical data, where available. Each dataset also includes the Prevention Agenda 2017 state targets for the indicators. Sub-indicators are included in these datasets to measure health disparities among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and persons with disabilities. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/prevention_agenda/2013-2017/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains the number of New York State live births stratified by the month prenatal care began and mother’s county or residence. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information go to: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains death counts by county, region, and age group. For more information check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/.

This dataset contains death counts by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and selected cause of death. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/.

This dataset contains opioid-related deaths by age group. Opioid-related deaths include heroin and opioid analgesics mortalities.

This dataset contains the percentage of New York State live births with early prenatal care and late or no prenatal care by the mother’s race/ethnicity and county of residence. The data presented here may not by the same as the Vital Statistics table on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, go to: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This dataset contains death counts and percent by county, region, and place of death. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/.

This dataset contains death counts for selected causes of death by county and region. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/.

This dataset contains the percentage of New York State live births with early prenatal care and late or no prenatal care by the mother’s age and county of residence. The data presented here may not be the same as the Vital Statistics tables on the DOH public web due to data updates. For more information, go to: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.