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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	2,723	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	9	0.3%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,596	95.4%	85.0%
Induction	98	3.6%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	127	4.7%	24.2%
Analgesia	65	2.4%	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^‡	2,114	77.7%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	33	14.2%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	4	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	144	6.8%	16.1%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	24	1.2%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	249	12.1%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	82	4.0%	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^‡	605	22.3%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	405	14.9%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	200	7.4%	14.6%
General anesthesia	1	0.3%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	164	55.4%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	120	40.5%	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