Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 6502 Herning

  1. Hospital: Herning 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1721 100.0 3490 100.0 3444 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 178 10.3 341 9.8 345 10.0 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 376 21.8 717 20.5 698 20.3 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 343 19.9 620 17.8 606 17.6 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 134 7.8 266 7.6 265 7.7 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 299 17.4 609 17.4 600 17.4 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 636 37.0 1360 39.0 1349 39.2 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 900 52.3 1956 56.0 1936 56.2 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 57 3.3 59 1.7 53 1.5 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 62 3.6 96 2.8 92 2.7 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 3 0.2 4 0.1 3 0.1 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 39 2.3 54 1.5 53 1.5 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