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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	2,011	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	22	1.1%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	303	15.1%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,897	94.3%	85.0%
Induction	312	15.5%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	337	16.8%	24.2%
Analgesia	10	0.5%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	744	37.0%	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^‡	1,461	72.7%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	60	20.5%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	5	0.2%	0.4%
Episiotomy	35	2.4%	16.1%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	4	0.3%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	812	55.6%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	326	22.3%	13.3%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	4	0.3%	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^‡	550	27.3%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	318	15.8%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	232	11.5%	14.6%
General anesthesia	25	4.5%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	38	6.9%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	486	88.4%	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