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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	1,998	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	3	0.2%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	343	17.2%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,794	89.8%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	266	13.3%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	326	16.3%	17.0%
Augmented labor	303	15.2%	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^‡	1,353	67.7%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	46	14.0%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	134	9.9%	15.7%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	8	0.6%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	668	49.4%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	354	26.2%	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^‡	645	32.3%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	363	18.2%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	282	14.1%	13.2%
General anesthesia	19	3.0%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	459	71.5%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	163	25.4%	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	1,480	87.7%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	967	57.3%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	513	34.7%	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