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

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	2,587	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	3	0.1%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	1,071	41.4%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,498	96.6%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	773	29.9%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	438	16.9%	17.0%
Augmented labor	498	19.3%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	327	12.6%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,858	72.6%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	55	19.9%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	6	0.2%	0.2%
Episiotomy	109	5.9%	15.7%
General anesthesia	3	0.2%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	24	1.3%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	818	44.0%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	398	21.4%	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^‡	700	27.4%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	479	18.7%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	221	8.6%	13.2%
General anesthesia	32	4.6%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	481	68.8%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	184	26.3%	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	2,031	98.4%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	49	2.4%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,982	97.6%	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