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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	2,659	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	469	17.6%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,218	83.4%	85.0%
Induction	395	14.9%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	760	28.6%	24.2%
Analgesia	1,835	69.0%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	221	8.3%	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^‡	1,639	61.6%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	45	11.8%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	5	0.2%	0.4%
Episiotomy	139	8.5%	16.1%
General anesthesia	3	0.2%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	12	0.7%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	765	46.7%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	411	25.1%	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^‡	1,020	38.4%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	685	25.8%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	335	12.6%	14.6%
General anesthesia	25	2.5%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	618	60.6%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	352	34.5%	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