Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 6006 Horsens

  1. Hospital: Horsens 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1918 100.0 5137 100.0 4620 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 210 10.9 574 11.2 516 11.2 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 344 17.9 819 15.9 737 16.0 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 380 19.8 1112 21.6 966 20.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 107 5.6 276 5.4 256 5.5 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 300 15.6 775 15.1 697 15.1 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 716 37.3 1983 38.6 1799 38.9 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 1083 56.5 2794 54.4 2530 54.8 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 6 0.3 102 2.0 92 2.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 47 2.5 216 4.2 195 4.2 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 1 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 10 0.5 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