New York Presbyterian Hospital - Allen Hospital

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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	2,178	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	5	0.2%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	160	7.3%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,563	71.8%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	270	12.4%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	416	19.1%	17.0%
Augmented labor	381	17.5%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	25	1.1%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,421	66.4%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	20	11.2%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	133	9.4%	15.7%
General anesthesia	14	1.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	15	1.1%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	935	65.8%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	138	9.7%	12.6%
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^‡	719	33.6%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	560	26.2%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	159	7.4%	13.2%
General anesthesia	30	4.2%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	333	46.4%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	312	43.5%	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	2,152	99.7%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	886	41.0%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,266	58.8%	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