Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

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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	2,368	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	1,256	53.0%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,111	89.1%	85.0%
Induction	1,421	60.0%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	225	9.5%	24.2%
Analgesia	457	19.3%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	24	1.0%	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^‡	1,564	66.0%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	21	6.0%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	6	0.3%	0.4%
Episiotomy	90	5.8%	16.1%
General anesthesia	12	0.8%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	32	2.0%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	327	20.9%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	239	15.3%	13.3%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	1	0.1%	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^‡	804	34.0%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	474	20.0%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	330	13.9%	14.6%
General anesthesia	18	2.2%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	592	73.6%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	160	19.9%	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