SVCMC-St Vincents Manhattan

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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	1,529	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	9	0.6%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,516	99.1%	85.0%
Induction	70	4.6%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	23	1.5%	24.2%
Analgesia	243	15.9%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	179	11.7%	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^‡	1,071	70.0%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	25	13.7%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	201	18.8%	16.1%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	20	1.9%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	1,029	96.1%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	12	1.1%	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^‡	458	30.0%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	300	19.6%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	158	10.3%	14.6%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	278	60.8%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	169	37.0%	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