Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 1501 Gentofte

  1. Hospital: Gentofte 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 2678 100.0 7366 100.0 7643 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 418 15.6 898 12.2 950 12.4 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 600 22.4 1583 21.5 1544 20.2 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 649 24.2 1332 18.1 1255 16.4 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 138 5.2 143 1.9 221 2.9 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 842 31.4 1501 20.4 1680 22.0 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 702 26.2 2511 34.1 2690 35.2 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 1222 45.6 3926 53.3 4197 54.9 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 11 0.4 86 1.2 120 1.6 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 53 2.0 253 3.4 242 3.2 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 1 0.0 9 0.1 10 0.1 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 11 0.4 59 0.8 86 1.1 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