Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 5001 Sønderborg

  1. Hospital: Sønderborg 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1705 100.0 2762 100.0 2880 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 195 11.4 283 10.2 300 10.4 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 257 15.1 363 13.1 386 13.4 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 380 22.3 620 22.4 646 22.4 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 94 5.5 166 6.0 172 6.0 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 368 21.6 393 14.2 420 14.6 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 628 36.8 1175 42.5 1216 42.2 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 900 52.8 1528 55.3 1585 55.0 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 75 4.4 80 2.9 85 3.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 99 5.8 140 5.1 148 5.1 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 1 0.1 1 0.0 2 0.1 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 31 1.8 32 1.2 33 1.1 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