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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	4,508	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	31	0.7%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	279	6.2%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,391	75.2%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	780	17.3%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	982	21.8%	17.0%
Augmented labor	798	17.7%	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^‡	2,681	61.2%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	83	15.5%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	4	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	181	6.9%	15.7%
General anesthesia	13	0.5%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	58	2.2%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	2,191	81.8%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	103	3.8%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	1	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^‡	1,698	38.8%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	1,245	28.4%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	453	10.3%	13.2%
General anesthesia	94	5.5%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	977	57.6%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	590	34.8%	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	3,813	95.7%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	1,151	28.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	2,662	69.8%	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