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Maternity Information

New York State's Maternity Information Law requires each hospital to provide the following 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. Data shown are for 2011. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	2,297	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	5	0.2%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	881	38.4%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,146	93.4%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	479	20.9%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	641	27.9%	17.0%
Augmented labor	1,029	44.8%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,566	68.5%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	79	23.6%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	6	0.3%	0.2%
Episiotomy	248	15.8%	15.7%
General anesthesia	9	0.6%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	13	0.8%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	935	59.7%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	253	16.2%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.1%

% based on total vaginal births excluding cases with missing information.
^‡% is percentage of total births
^†% is percentage of prior cesareans

Cesarean births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Cesarean births^‡	720	31.5%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	464	20.3%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	256	11.2%	13.2%
General anesthesia	33	4.6%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	412	57.5%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	267	37.3%	26.3%

% based on total cesarean births excluding cases with missing information.
^‡% is percentage of total births

Breastfeeding

Infant Feeding Method¹	This Facility		Statewide
Infant Feeding Method¹	#	%	%
Fed any breast milk	1,718	85.2%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	359	17.8%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,359	79.1%	51.9%

¹Based on live born infants, excluding infants who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or transferred to or from another hospital.
²Percentage is based only on infants who were fed any breast milk.

Related Information

Maternity Information Brochure

Department of Health