Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 1330 Hvidovre

  1. Hospital: Hvidovre 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 8791 100.0 16697 100.0 15730 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 1145 13.0 2134 12.8 1982 12.6 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 1373 15.6 2607 15.6 2535 16.1 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 1046 11.9 1907 11.4 1875 11.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 455 5.2 775 4.6 679 4.3 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 2542 28.9 3873 23.2 3502 22.3 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 3473 39.5 6765 40.5 6365 40.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 5252 59.7 10116 60.6 9476 60.2 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 209 2.4 329 2.0 279 1.8 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 188 2.1 415 2.5 404 2.6 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 24 0.3 53 0.3 48 0.3 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 168 1.9 327 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