Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 3502 Nykøbing

  1. Hospital: Nykøbing F 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1069 100.0 2827 100.0 2608 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 135 12.6 339 12.0 303 11.6 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 192 18.0 482 17.0 443 17.0 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 172 16.1 414 14.6 377 14.5 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 67 6.3 186 6.6 165 6.3 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 264 24.7 572 20.2 525 20.1 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 327 30.6 1025 36.3 952 36.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 573 53.6 1465 51.8 1374 52.7 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 23 2.2 170 6.0 145 5.6 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 62 5.8 237 8.4 211 8.1 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 2 0.2 5 0.2 5 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 13 1.2 107 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