Eastern Niagara Hospital - Newfane 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	91	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	1	1.1%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	8	8.8%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	76	83.5%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	26	28.6%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	29	31.9%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	24	26.4%	24.3%
Analgesia	64	71.1%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	1	1.1%	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^‡	69	75.8%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	1	9.1%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	15	21.7%	20.2%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	0	0.0%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	33	47.8%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	6	8.7%	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^‡	22	24.2%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	12	13.2%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	10	11.0%	15.3%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	21	100.0%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	1	4.8%	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