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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	1,769	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	19	1.1%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	398	22.5%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,713	96.8%	85.0%
Induction	242	13.7%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	410	23.2%	24.2%
Analgesia	221	12.5%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	550	31.1%	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^‡	1,272	71.9%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	67	22.9%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	201	15.8%	16.1%
General anesthesia	14	1.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	12	0.9%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	520	40.9%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	237	18.6%	13.3%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	1	0.1%	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^‡	497	28.1%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	272	15.4%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	225	12.7%	14.6%
General anesthesia	32	6.4%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	320	64.4%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	138	27.8%	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