North Central Bronx Hospital

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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 2007. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	1,751	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	493	28.2%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,611	92.0%	85.0%
Induction	249	14.2%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	316	18.0%	24.2%
Analgesia	337	19.2%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	1,397	79.8%	8.0%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.
^*Data not currently available
^**Average for New York City

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,427	81.5%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	75	34.1%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	5	0.3%	0.4%
Episiotomy	31	2.2%	16.1%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	19	1.3%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	472	33.1%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	149	10.4%	13.3%
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^‡	324	18.5%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	179	10.2%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	145	8.3%	14.6%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	198	61.1%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	113	34.9%	21.5%

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

Related Information

Maternity Information Brochure

New York State

Department of Health