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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	1,600	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	3	0.2%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	296	18.5%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,527	95.4%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	97	6.1%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	256	16.0%	17.0%
Augmented labor	194	12.1%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	1,082	67.6%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,181	75.0%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	43	20.9%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	59	5.0%	15.7%
General anesthesia	8	0.7%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	13	1.1%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	463	39.2%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	181	15.3%	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^‡	393	25.0%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	230	14.6%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	163	10.4%	13.2%
General anesthesia	18	4.6%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	294	74.8%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	72	18.3%	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	1,464	99.1%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	1,376	93.1%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	88	6.0%	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