St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center - Roosevelt Hospital Division

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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	6,637	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	30	0.5%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	839	12.6%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	5,708	86.0%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	342	5.2%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	690	10.4%	17.0%
Augmented labor	719	10.8%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	652	9.8%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	4,735	73.1%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	67	21.4%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	16	0.2%	0.2%
Episiotomy	401	8.5%	15.7%
General anesthesia	8	0.2%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	203	4.3%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	3,128	66.1%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	668	14.1%	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^‡	1,746	26.9%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	1,500	23.1%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	246	3.8%	13.2%
General anesthesia	25	1.4%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	684	39.2%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	1,001	57.4%	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	6,255	97.0%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	3,348	51.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	2,907	46.5%	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