Beth Israel Medical Center/Petrie Campus

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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	3,956	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	14	0.4%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	428	10.8%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,191	80.7%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	363	9.2%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	373	9.4%	17.0%
Augmented labor	927	23.4%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	552	14.0%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	2,820	74.7%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	30	17.4%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	5	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	441	15.6%	15.7%
General anesthesia	4	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	20	0.7%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	1,962	69.6%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	479	17.0%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	1	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^‡	953	25.3%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	811	21.5%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	142	3.8%	13.2%
General anesthesia	29	3.0%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	482	50.6%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	418	43.9%	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	3,522	96.0%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	1,527	41.6%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,995	56.6%	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