New York Presbyterian Hospital - Allen Pavilion

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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	2,280	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	1,899	83.3%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,170	95.2%	85.0%
Induction	179	7.9%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	280	12.3%	24.2%
Analgesia	69	3.0%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	159	7.0%	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^‡	1,602	70.3%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	34	10.3%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	11	0.5%	0.4%
Episiotomy	75	4.7%	16.1%
General anesthesia	2	0.1%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	20	1.2%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	922	57.6%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	291	18.2%	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^‡	678	29.7%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	382	16.8%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	296	13.0%	14.6%
General anesthesia	6	0.9%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	394	58.1%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	264	38.9%	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