St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital - St Lukes 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	479	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	87	18.2%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	347	72.4%	85.0%
Induction	73	15.2%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	69	14.4%	24.2%
Analgesia	21	4.4%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	4	0.8%	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^‡	335	69.9%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	5	7.1%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.2%	0.4%
Episiotomy	25	7.5%	16.1%
General anesthesia	1	0.3%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	20	6.0%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	213	63.6%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	27	8.1%	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^‡	144	30.1%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	79	16.5%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	65	13.6%	14.6%
General anesthesia	3	2.1%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	56	38.9%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	83	57.6%	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