Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 4001 Bornholm

  1. Hospital: Bornholm 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 345 100.0 345 100.0 243 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 32 9.3 32 9.3 18 7.4 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 70 20.3 70 20.3 55 22.6 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 57 16.5 57 16.5 47 19.3 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 7 2.0 7 2.0 6 2.5 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 14 4.1 14 4.1 13 5.3 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 166 48.1 166 48.1 104 42.8 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 210 60.9 210 60.9 142 58.4 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 2 0.6 2 0.6 2 0.8 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 2 0.6 2 0.6 1 0.4 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 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