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 2011. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	5,698	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	50	0.9%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	409	7.2%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,351	58.8%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	318	5.6%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	492	8.6%	17.0%
Augmented labor	476	8.4%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	3,537	63.9%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	63	15.4%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	5	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	767	21.7%	15.7%
General anesthesia	2	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	29	0.8%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	3,459	97.9%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	24	0.7%	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^‡	1,994	36.1%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	1,647	29.8%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	347	6.3%	13.2%
General anesthesia	24	1.2%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	1,462	73.3%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	506	25.4%	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	5,556	99.0%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	906	16.1%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	4,650	83.7%	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