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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	2,127	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	576	27.1%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,927	90.6%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	118	5.5%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	343	16.1%	17.0%
Augmented labor	403	18.9%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	1,427	67.1%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,525	73.9%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	35	14.2%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.1%	0.2%
Episiotomy	87	5.8%	15.7%
General anesthesia	10	0.7%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	5	0.3%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	710	46.7%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	349	23.0%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	1	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^‡	539	26.1%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	327	15.8%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	212	10.3%	13.2%
General anesthesia	39	7.3%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	311	57.9%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	183	34.1%	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	1,436	78.7%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	493	27.0%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	943	65.7%	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