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 2011. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	2,784	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	9	0.3%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	384	13.8%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,551	91.6%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	3	0.1%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	527	18.9%	17.0%
Augmented labor	669	24.0%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,701	62.5%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	18	4.2%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	3	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	704	41.4%	15.7%
General anesthesia	8	0.5%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	200	11.8%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	960	56.4%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	332	19.5%	12.6%
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^‡	1,021	37.5%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	611	22.4%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	410	15.1%	13.2%
General anesthesia	46	4.5%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	720	70.5%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	229	22.4%	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	1,662	68.9%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	1,227	50.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	435	26.2%	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