Eastern Niagara Hospital - Lockport Division

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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 2008. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	419	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	0	0.0%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	395	94.3%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	10	2.4%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	83	19.8%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	71	16.9%	24.3%
Analgesia	142	33.9%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	73	17.4%	10.8%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.
^*Data not currently available
^**Average for NY State excluding NYC

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	235	56.1%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	0	0.0%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	89	37.9%	20.2%
General anesthesia	2	0.9%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	3	1.3%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	75	32.1%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	53	22.6%	15.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.1%
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^‡	184	43.9%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	112	26.7%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	72	17.2%	15.3%
General anesthesia	11	6.0%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	158	85.9%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	15	8.2%	21.0%

% 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