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 2007. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	5,436	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	13	0.2%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	3	0.1%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	7	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	574	10.6%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,709	68.2%	85.0%
Induction	486	8.9%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	832	15.3%	24.2%
Analgesia	67	1.2%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	464	8.5%	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^‡	4,075	75.0%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	107	20.8%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	8	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	317	7.8%	16.1%
General anesthesia	40	1.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	331	8.1%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	2,146	52.7%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	536	13.2%	13.3%
Paracervical anesthesia	1	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^‡	1,361	25.0%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	953	17.5%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	408	7.5%	14.6%
General anesthesia	24	1.8%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	620	45.6%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	714	52.5%	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