New York
NTSV Cesarean Birth Rate Dashboard: New York
New York's NTSV cesarean rate does met the Healthy People 2020 target of 23.9 percent.
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How does this state compare to the United States?
How does this state rank among other states?
About this state dashboard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics provided a special report on state-level final data to CesareanRates.org. These include maternal morbidity cases, maternal conditions and characteristics of labor and delivery not currently accessible in CDC WONDER. Our organization is publishing these alongside national numbers to inform the public, policy makers, public health experts and the obstetric and midwifery community about state-level progress toward Healthy People 2020 goals for childbirth.
Maternal Morbidity, NY, 2016
All births: 234,283
Maternal transfusion: 1290
3rd- or 4th-degree perineal laceration: 2616
Ruptured uterus: 74
Unplanned hysterectomy: 144
Admission to intensive care unit: 383
Unknown: 1078
Maternal Morbidity, U.S., 2016
All births: 3,945,875
Maternal transfusion: 11,494
3rd- or 4th-degree perineal laceration: 25,463
Ruptured uterus: 976
Unplanned hysterectomy: 1,342
Admission to intensive care unit: 5,003
Unknown: 5,362
More available on CDC WONDER, including data on age, race and other characteristics.
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Characteristics of Labor and Delivery
Final Route of Delivery, NY
Final Route of Delivery, U.S.
Birth Attendant, NY
Birth Attendant, U.S.
VBAC v. Repeat Cesarean, NY
VBAC v. Repeat Cesarean, U.S.
Compare to other states:
Epidural/Spinal Utilization, NY
Epidural/Spinal Utilization, U.S.
Cesarean with Trial of Labor, NY
Cesarean with Trial of Labor, U.S.
Induction of Labor, NY
Induction of Labor, U.S.
Labor Augmentation, NY
Labor Augmentation, U.S.
Maternal Health Characteristics
History of a Prior C-section, NY
History of a Prior C-section, United States
Chronic Hypertension, NY
Chronic Hypertension, U.S.
Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, NY
Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, U.S.
Tobacco Use, NY
Tobacco Use, U.S.
Diabetes, NY
Diabetes, U.S.
Tools for Promoting Maternal Safety
Several organizations offer free quality improvement solutions online, including condition-specific toolkits and larger scale data collection and analysis protocols.
Hospital level:
Patient Safety Movement Foundation: Optimizing Obstetric Safety Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS)
Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care: Maternal Safety Bundles
California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative: Toolkits and Maternal Data Center
State or regional level:
State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
Maternal Mortality Review Committees: General information and standardization of data collection
New York Hospital C-section and VBAC Rates
New York State Department of Health has the country's most thorough selection of maternity data available on its website. While NYSDOH doesn't publish NTSV C-section rates, the public can search everything from breastfeeding initiation rates to forceps rates. Every pregnant person is supposed to receive this leaflet per New York State Public Health Law: § 2803-j. Information for Maternity Patients. Readily available data allow for better research to be conducted in these areas, such as this 2017 paper, Midwifery and Rates of Obstetric Procedure Utilization at New York State Hospitals, and for pregnant people to see first-hand the extreme variation in rates of procedures that matter to them.