Harlem Hospital Center

You are currently viewing maternity services. Switch to general services.

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	1,177	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	2	0.2%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	1	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	62	5.3%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,139	96.8%	85.0%
Induction	175	14.9%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	143	12.1%	24.2%
Analgesia	559	47.5%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	61	5.2%	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^‡	825	70.1%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	51	30.5%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	13	1.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	77	9.3%	16.1%
General anesthesia	120	14.5%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	3	0.4%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	159	19.3%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	120	14.5%	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^‡	352	29.9%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	236	20.1%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	116	9.9%	14.6%
General anesthesia	21	6.0%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	207	58.8%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	104	29.5%	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