Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 2501 Roskilde

  1. Hospital: Roskilde 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 3238 100.0 3238 100.0 3098 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 575 17.8 575 17.8 558 18.0 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 572 17.7 572 17.7 559 18.0 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 544 16.8 544 16.8 514 16.6 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 227 7.0 227 7.0 213 6.9 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 595 18.4 595 18.4 584 18.9 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 1347 41.6 1347 41.6 1255 40.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 1638 50.6 1638 50.6 1545 49.9 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 117 3.6 117 3.6 104 3.4 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 118 3.6 118 3.6 115 3.7 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 4 0.1 4 0.1 5 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 70 2.2 70 2.2 69 2.2 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