Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 5501 Esbjerg

  1. Hospital: Esbjerg 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 2235 100.0 2499 100.0 2590 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 308 13.8 330 13.2 340 13.1 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 269 12.0 292 11.7 319 12.3 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 356 15.9 424 17.0 451 17.4 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 164 7.3 176 7.0 171 6.6 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 267 11.9 267 10.7 299 11.5 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 1063 47.6 1205 48.2 1220 47.1 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 1259 56.3 1414 56.6 1457 56.3 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 96 4.3 97 3.9 104 4.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 135 6.0 146 5.8 162 6.3 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 3 0.1 4 0.2 5 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 74 3.3 77 3.1 81 3.1 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