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 2007. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	2,948	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	0	0.0%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,939	99.7%	85.0%
Induction	336	11.3%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	0	0.0%	24.2%
Analgesia	856	29.0%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	662	22.5%	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^‡	1,796	60.9%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	12	3.2%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	163	9.1%	16.1%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	15	0.8%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	442	24.6%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	313	17.4%	13.3%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	3	0.2%	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^‡	1,152	39.1%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	788	26.7%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	364	12.3%	14.6%
General anesthesia	11	1.0%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	849	73.8%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	203	17.6%	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