Staten Island University Hosp-North

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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	3,046	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	26	0.9%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,001	98.5%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	1	0.0%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	495	16.3%	17.0%
Augmented labor	338	11.1%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	155	5.1%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	2,334	76.9%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	125	29.8%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	13	0.4%	0.2%
Episiotomy	333	14.3%	15.7%
General anesthesia	4	0.2%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	47	2.0%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	1,624	69.6%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	187	8.0%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	1	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^‡	702	23.1%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	408	13.4%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	294	9.7%	13.2%
General anesthesia	32	4.6%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	481	69.0%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	160	23.0%	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	2,465	84.0%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	937	31.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,528	62.0%	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