St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore

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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	864	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	1	0.1%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	76	8.8%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	846	97.9%	85.0%
Induction	77	8.9%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	63	7.3%	24.2%
Analgesia	173	20.0%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	78	9.0%	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^‡	546	63.2%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	19	12.3%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	166	30.4%	16.1%
General anesthesia	4	0.7%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	2	0.4%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	183	33.5%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	160	29.3%	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^‡	318	36.8%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	183	21.2%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	135	15.6%	14.6%
General anesthesia	18	5.7%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	248	78.0%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	50	15.7%	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