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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	1,255	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	17	1.4%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	290	23.1%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,225	97.6%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	95	7.6%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	163	13.0%	17.0%
Augmented labor	322	25.7%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	361	28.8%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	935	74.6%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	56	25.8%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.2%	0.2%
Episiotomy	76	8.1%	15.7%
General anesthesia	18	1.9%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	12	1.3%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	424	45.3%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	184	19.7%	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^‡	319	25.4%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	158	12.6%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	161	12.8%	13.2%
General anesthesia	19	6.0%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	214	67.5%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	85	26.8%	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	767	80.1%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	247	25.8%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	520	67.8%	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