New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center

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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	5,374	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	10	0.2%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	4	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	645	12.0%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,636	49.1%	85.0%
Induction	527	9.8%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	797	14.8%	24.2%
Analgesia	4	0.1%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	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^‡	3,266	60.8%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	72	14.2%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	6	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	898	27.5%	16.1%
General anesthesia	26	0.8%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	39	1.2%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	2,992	91.6%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	154	4.7%	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^‡	2,108	39.2%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	1,674	31.1%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	434	8.1%	14.6%
General anesthesia	39	1.9%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	905	42.9%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	1,157	54.9%	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