Richmond University Medical Center

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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	2,862	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	471	16.5%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,507	87.6%	85.0%
Induction	314	11.0%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	0	0.0%	24.2%
Analgesia	38	1.3%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	1	0.0%	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^‡	1,582	55.3%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	1	0.2%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	57	2.0%	0.4%
Episiotomy	703	44.5%	16.1%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	23	1.5%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	1,395	88.3%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	76	4.8%	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^‡	1,280	44.7%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	754	26.3%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	526	18.4%	14.6%
General anesthesia	1	0.1%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	883	69.0%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	372	29.1%	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