Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 6007 Kolding

  1. Hospital: Kolding 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1761 100.0 5137 100.0 4620 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 208 11.8 574 11.2 516 11.2 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 279 15.8 819 15.9 737 16.0 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 470 26.7 1112 21.6 966 20.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 94 5.3 276 5.4 256 5.5 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 329 18.7 775 15.1 697 15.1 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 596 33.8 1983 38.6 1799 38.9 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 853 48.4 2794 54.4 2530 54.8 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 89 5.1 102 2.0 92 2.0 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 133 7.6 216 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 38 2.2 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