United Health Services Hospitals Inc-Wilson Hospital 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	1,584	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	35	2.2%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	1,570	99.1%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	119	7.5%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	485	30.6%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	590	37.2%	24.3%
Analgesia	862	54.4%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	214	13.5%	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^‡	1,053	66.5%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	40	13.6%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	200	19.0%	20.2%
General anesthesia	4	0.4%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	7	0.7%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	397	37.8%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	275	26.2%	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^‡	531	33.5%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	277	17.5%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	254	16.0%	15.3%
General anesthesia	64	12.1%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	399	75.6%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	66	12.5%	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