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 2011. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	1,269	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	5	0.4%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	297	23.4%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,111	87.5%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	73	5.8%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	138	10.9%	17.0%
Augmented labor	332	26.2%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	621	48.9%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	857	67.8%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	16	11.0%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	19	1.5%	0.2%
Episiotomy	203	23.7%	15.7%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	13	1.5%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	468	54.7%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	127	14.8%	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^‡	407	32.2%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	277	21.9%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	130	10.3%	13.2%
General anesthesia	17	4.2%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	280	69.1%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	109	26.9%	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	1,100	96.7%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	245	21.5%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	855	77.7%	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