Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of A Einstein College Div

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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	5,194	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	12	0.2%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	5,183	99.8%	85.0%
Induction	705	13.5%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	0	0.0%	24.2%
Analgesia	379	7.3%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	56	1.1%	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^‡	3,555	68.4%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	10	1.4%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	9	0.2%	0.4%
Episiotomy	247	6.9%	16.1%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	174	4.9%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	2,394	67.3%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	234	6.6%	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^‡	1,639	31.6%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	955	18.4%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	684	13.2%	14.6%
General anesthesia	2	0.1%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	877	53.5%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	718	43.8%	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