Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 3001 Holbęk

  1. Hospital: Holbęk 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1344 100.0 2758 100.0 3266 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 167 12.4 308 11.2 387 11.8 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 204 15.2 413 15.0 486 14.9 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 231 17.2 474 17.2 561 17.2 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 58 4.3 125 4.5 158 4.8 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 90 6.7 230 8.3 340 10.4 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 657 48.9 1313 47.6 1510 46.2 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 731 54.4 1549 56.2 1806 55.3 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 44 3.3 52 1.9 86 2.6 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 110 8.2 191 6.9 229 7.0 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 3 0.2 5 0.2 6 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 48 3.6 60 2.2 79 2.4 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