New York State's Maternity Information Law requires each hospital to provide 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.

This trend chart shows the percentage of analgesia (pain medication) use by hospital. The dataset contains information reported by hospitals required to be compliant with New York State’s Maternity Information Law. This information can help you to better understand what to expect, to learn more about your childbirth choices, and to plan for your baby’s birth. To view the maternity information law, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/hospital/maternity/public_health_law_section_2803-j.htm. To view the Maternity Information Brochure, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2935.pdf. In addition, this data is also displayed on the New York State Health Profiles website at http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

This chart show the percentage of cesarean births and vaginal births by hospital. This dataset contains information reported by hospitals required to be compliant with New York State’s Maternity Information Law. This information can help you to better understand what to expect, to learn more about your childbirth choices, and to plan for your baby’s birth. To view the maternity information law, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/hospital/maternity/public_health_law_section_2803-j.htm. To view the Maternity Information Brochure, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2935.pdf. In addition, this data is also displayed on the New York State Health Profiles website at http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital.

This chart shows percentage of newborns breast fed supplemented with formula, fed any breast milk, fed exclusively breast milk by hospital. This dataset contains information reported by hospitals required to be compliant with New York State’s Maternity Information Law. This information can help you to better understand what to expect, to learn more about your childbirth choices, and to plan for your baby’s birth. To view the maternity information law, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/hospital/maternity/public_health_law_section_2803-j.htm. To view the Maternity Information Brochure, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2935.pdf. In addition, this data is also displayed on the New York State Health Profiles website at http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital.

This chart shows the percentage of primary cesarean and repeat cesarean births by hospital. The dataset contains information reported by hospitals required to be compliant with New York State’s Maternity Information Law. This information can help you to better understand what to expect, to learn more about your childbirth choices, and to plan for your baby’s birth. To view the maternity information law, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/hospital/maternity/public_health_law_section_2803-j.htm. To view the Maternity Information Brochure, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2935.pdf. In addition, these data are also displayed on the New York State Health Profiles website at http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital.

This trend chart shows the percentage of vaginal births after prior cesarean by hospital. The dataset contains information reported by hospitals required to be compliant with New York State’s Maternity Information Law. This information can help you to better understand what to expect, to learn more about your childbirth choices, and to plan for your baby’s birth. To view the maternity information law, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/hospital/maternity/public_health_law_section_2803-j.htm. To view the Maternity Information Brochure, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2935.pdf. In addition, this data is also displayed on the New York State Health Profiles website at http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.