Flushing Hospital Medical Center

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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	2,125	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	340	16.0%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,761	82.9%	85.0%
Induction	365	17.2%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	650	30.6%	24.2%
Analgesia	38	1.8%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	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^‡	1,287	60.6%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	17	4.6%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	649	50.4%	16.1%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	10	0.8%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	835	64.9%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	282	21.9%	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^‡	838	39.4%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	483	22.7%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	355	16.7%	14.6%
General anesthesia	31	3.7%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	572	68.3%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	228	27.2%	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