Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 3501 Nęstved

  1. Hospital: Nęstved 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1758 100.0 2827 100.0 2608 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 204 11.6 339 12.0 303 11.6 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 290 16.5 482 17.0 443 17.0 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 242 13.8 414 14.6 377 14.5 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 119 6.8 186 6.6 165 6.3 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 308 17.5 572 20.2 525 20.1 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 698 39.7 1025 36.3 952 36.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 892 50.7 1465 51.8 1374 52.7 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 147 8.4 170 6.0 145 5.6 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 175 10.0 237 8.4 211 8.1 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 3 0.2 5 0.2 5 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 94 5.3 107 3.8 94 3.6 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