Jamaica 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	2,529	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	8	0.3%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	210	8.3%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,200	47.4%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	25	1.0%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	364	14.4%	17.0%
Augmented labor	584	23.1%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	204	8.1%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,515	60.4%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	49	12.2%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	144	9.5%	15.7%
General anesthesia	9	0.6%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	28	1.8%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	546	36.0%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	240	15.8%	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^‡	995	39.6%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	642	25.6%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	353	14.1%	13.2%
General anesthesia	83	8.3%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	673	67.6%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	217	21.8%	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	2,157	95.7%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	2	0.1%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	2,155	99.9%	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