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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	1,049	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	1,041	99.2%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,042	99.3%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	62	5.9%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	197	18.8%	17.0%
Augmented labor	323	30.8%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	4	0.4%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	650	63.4%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	32	18.5%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.2%	0.2%
Episiotomy	63	9.7%	15.7%
General anesthesia	89	13.7%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	8	1.2%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	317	48.8%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	20	3.1%	12.6%
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^‡	376	36.6%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	235	22.9%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	141	13.7%	13.2%
General anesthesia	55	14.6%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	195	51.9%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	122	32.4%	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	701	85.0%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	296	35.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	405	57.8%	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