Kings County Hospital Center

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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	2,598	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	736	28.3%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,519	97.0%	85.0%
Induction	528	20.3%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	476	18.3%	24.2%
Analgesia	140	5.4%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	410	15.8%	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^‡	1,806	69.5%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	60	20.0%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	3	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	236	13.1%	16.1%
General anesthesia	5	0.3%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	12	0.7%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	565	31.3%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	467	25.9%	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^‡	792	30.5%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	552	21.2%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	240	9.2%	14.6%
General anesthesia	43	5.4%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	537	67.8%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	206	26.0%	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