Coney Island 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	1,176	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	385	32.7%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	953	81.0%	85.0%
Induction	220	18.7%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	406	34.5%	24.2%
Analgesia	101	8.6%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	323	27.5%	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^‡	772	65.6%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	8	4.1%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.2%	0.4%
Episiotomy	172	22.3%	16.1%
General anesthesia	8	1.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	8	1.0%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	419	54.3%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	112	14.5%	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^‡	404	34.4%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	218	18.5%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	186	15.8%	14.6%
General anesthesia	27	6.7%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	245	60.6%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	119	29.5%	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