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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	1,721	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	391	22.7%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,432	83.2%	85.0%
Induction	427	24.8%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	192	11.2%	24.2%
Analgesia	21	1.2%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	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^‡	1,029	59.8%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	24	8.9%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	160	15.5%	16.1%
General anesthesia	7	0.7%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	12	1.2%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	608	59.1%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	77	7.5%	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^‡	692	40.2%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	447	26.0%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	245	14.2%	14.6%
General anesthesia	37	5.3%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	320	46.2%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	326	47.1%	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