Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 5504 Grindsted

  1. Hospital: Grindsted 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 264 100.0 2499 100.0 2590 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 22 8.3 330 13.2 340 13.1 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 23 8.7 292 11.7 319 12.3 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 68 25.8 424 17.0 451 17.4 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 12 4.5 176 7.0 171 6.6 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 0 0.0 267 10.7 299 11.5 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 142 53.8 1205 48.2 1220 47.1 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 155 58.7 1414 56.6 1457 56.3 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 1 0.4 97 3.9 104 4.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 11 4.2 146 5.8 162 6.3 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 1 0.4 4 0.2 5 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 3 1.1 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