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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	2,333	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	72	3.1%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,284	97.9%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	133	5.7%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	205	8.8%	17.0%
Augmented labor	228	9.8%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	13	0.6%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,669	72.8%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	22	12.4%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	5	0.2%	0.2%
Episiotomy	399	23.9%	15.7%
General anesthesia	6	0.4%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	10	0.6%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	1,356	81.3%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	101	6.1%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	2	0.1%	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^‡	624	27.2%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	468	20.4%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	156	6.8%	13.2%
General anesthesia	19	3.0%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	337	54.0%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	268	42.9%	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	2,059	95.5%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	192	8.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,867	90.7%	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