New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens

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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	4,141	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	35	0.9%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	667	16.1%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	4,042	97.6%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	1,554	37.5%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	179	4.3%	17.0%
Augmented labor	1,564	37.8%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	4	0.1%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	2,729	67.6%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	62	9.2%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	6	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	952	34.9%	15.7%
General anesthesia	11	0.4%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	171	6.3%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	1,920	70.4%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	444	16.3%	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^‡	1,307	32.4%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	696	17.2%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	611	15.1%	13.2%
General anesthesia	28	2.1%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	712	54.5%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	566	43.3%	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	1,746	50.2%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	390	11.2%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,356	77.7%	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