Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 6003 Fredericia

  1. Hospital: Fredericia 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 712 100.0 5137 100.0 4620 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 63 8.8 574 11.2 516 11.2 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 81 11.4 819 15.9 737 16.0 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 174 24.4 1112 21.6 966 20.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 31 4.4 276 5.4 256 5.5 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 50 7.0 775 15.1 697 15.1 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 316 44.4 1983 38.6 1799 38.9 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 392 55.1 2794 54.4 2530 54.8 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 5 0.7 102 2.0 92 2.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 16 2.2 216 4.2 195 4.2 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 5 0.7 57 1.1 54 1.2 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