Connecticut Hospital Cesarean Section Numbers for 2007

Over the weekend we really worked hard on locating some numbers we needed in order to come up with percentages that are much easier to understand over the number of cesarean sections taking place at hospitals across the state. Some of these numbers are staggering.
While our goal is to reduce the cesarean rate here in the state to the 10-15% the World Health Organization recommends, there are some hospitals in the state we feel will have a very hard time working to those numbers.

The hospitals with the exceptionally high rates, I have highlighted in Red. (Over the national average of 31.8%)
The hospitals which currently hold ban's on VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) are in blue.

Hospital Name ______ Cesarean % ____ Total # of Births
Bridgeport Hospital ....... 39.07% ............ 2592
Bristol Hospital ......... 29.01% ........ 693
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital 37.25% ..... 459
Danbury Hospital ............ 30.21% ................... 2446
Day Kimball Hospital ......... 25.82% ................. 577
Greenwich Hospital ............ 34.20% ......... 2188
Griffin Hospital ............ 32.45% ......... 761
Hartford Hospital ............... 38.17% ......... 4071
Hospital of St. Raphael ........ 32.15% .......... 1440
John Dempsey Hospital (UCONN) 43.35% ........ 850
Johnson Memorial Hospital ........ 28.99% ........ 300
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital ....... 38.70% ......... 1739
Manchester Memorial Hospital ....... 27.76% ...... 1078
Middlesex Memorial Hospital ..... 37.50?% ..... 1176
Midstate Medical Center ........... 30.69% ......... 1082
Milford Hospital ........... 36.45% .................. 557
New Milford Hospital .............. 35.37% .............. 294
Norwalk Hospital .......... 32.12% ......... 1616
Rockville General Hospital ........... 26.53% ............ 441
Saint Francis Hospital ........ 31.23% .......... 2895
Saint Mary's Hospital ........ 29.74% ....... 1298
Saint Vincent's Medical Center ... 44.50% ....... 1211
Sharon Hospital .......... 31.78% ......... 236
Stamford Hospital ..... 37.99% ....... 2638
The Hospital of Central CT ..... 30.94% ......... 1975
Waterbury Hospital ..... 36.00% ...... 1311
William W. Backus Hospital ..... 30.40% ......... 1046
Windham Community Memorial ... 29.38% ......... 439
Yale New Haven Hospital ..... 34.91% ....... 4557

Also I would like to add, that The Hospital of Central CT told us that this information was not available to the public when we contacted them for the information. Waterbury Hospital was unable to tell us the statistics saying they were not public knowledge, Greenwich Hospital ignored our request and only gave us the primary cesarean statistics even after clarification of what we wanted, Bristol Hospital never responded to us after they asked what the statistics we being used for, Midstate Medical Center never replied to our request, it was like pulling teeth trying to deal with most of these hospitals. Mind you these listed above are the only that contacted us back out of every hospital in the state that provides maternity care.

Episiotomy Statistics!

After much patience with the department of health care access in Connecticut we obtained some of the statistics we have been looking for. While we do not have the percentages at this point in time because we still have some pieces of missing information, we do have the number of cesarean sections, episiotomies, and forcep/vaccum/breech deliveries (which is apparently counted as one statistic and number in CT's recordings).

Today I am posting the Episiotomy rates.
The numbers I am putting in blue we consider to be high and will be addressed to lower.

Bridgeport Hospital - 191
Bristol Hospital - 24
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital - 53
Danbury Hospital - 61
Day Kimball Hospital - 65
Greenwich Hospital - 269
Griffin Hospital - 80
Hartford Hospital - 168
Hospital of St. Raphael - 74
John Dempsey Hospital - 11
Johnson Memorial Hospital - 36
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital - 120
Manchester Memorial Hospital - 55
Middlesex Memorial Hospital - 91
Midstate Medical Center - 187
Milford Hospital - 44
New Milford Hospital - 64
Norwalk Hospital - 163
Rockville General Hospital - 66
Saint Francis Hospital - 248
Saint Mary's Hospital - 77
Saint Vincent's Medical Center - 96
Sharon Hospital - 30
Stamford Hospital - 517
The Hospital of Central Connecticut - 96
Waterbury Hospital - 155
William W. Backus Hospital - 56
Windham Community Memorial Hospital - 5
Yale New Haven Hospital - 224

These are some huge episiotomy numbers!