Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 1301 Rigshospitalet

  1. Hospital: Rigshospitalet 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 4482 100.0 16697 100.0 15730 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 592 13.2 2134 12.8 1982 12.6 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 630 14.1 2607 15.6 2535 16.1 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 558 12.4 1907 11.4 1875 11.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 163 3.6 775 4.6 679 4.3 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 1133 25.3 3873 23.2 3502 22.3 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 1624 36.2 6765 40.5 6365 40.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 2721 60.7 10116 60.6 9476 60.2 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 101 2.3 329 2.0 279 1.8 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 151 3.4 415 2.5 404 2.6 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 17 0.4 53 0.3 48 0.3 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 116 2.6 327 2.0 289 1.8 1405 1.9

*) Healthy pregnant nulliparaous women (no medical diseases including gestational diabetes and isoimmunization),
spontaneous onset of labour at term (>= 37 weeks), singleton, vertex presentation
Source: National Board of Health, Medical Birth Register