Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 2001 Hillerød

  1. Hospital: Hillerød 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 3721 100.0 3721 100.0 4301 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 496 13.3 496 13.3 572 13.3 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 742 19.9 742 19.9 834 19.4 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 495 13.3 495 13.3 597 13.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 178 4.8 178 4.8 199 4.6 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 977 26.3 977 26.3 1120 26.0 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 1301 35.0 1301 35.0 1512 35.2 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 2048 55.0 2048 55.0 2369 55.1 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 98 2.6 98 2.6 117 2.7 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 114 3.1 114 3.1 130 3.0 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 2 0.1 2 0.1 4 0.1 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 55 1.5 55 1.5 63 1.5 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