New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian 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	4,548	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	27	0.6%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	2	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	6	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	610	13.4%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,696	81.3%	85.0%
Induction	761	16.7%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	770	16.9%	24.2%
Analgesia	205	7.2%	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^‡	2,750	61.0%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	105	13.5%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	18	0.4%	0.4%
Episiotomy	265	9.6%	16.1%
General anesthesia	14	0.5%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	264	9.6%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	1,917	69.7%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	320	11.6%	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^‡	1,757	39.0%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	1,095	24.3%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	662	14.7%	14.6%
General anesthesia	65	3.7%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	1,028	58.5%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	660	37.6%	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