Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 7002 Silkeborg

  1. Hospital: Silkeborg 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1612 100.0 10156 100.0 10103 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 169 10.5 1192 11.7 1185 11.7 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 358 22.2 2086 20.5 2077 20.6 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 301 18.7 1303 12.8 1308 12.9 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 102 6.3 580 5.7 585 5.8 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 361 22.4 2217 21.8 2197 21.7 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 595 36.9 3942 38.8 3914 38.7 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 853 52.9 5597 55.1 5559 55.0 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 3 0.2 155 1.5 157 1.6 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 26 1.6 544 5.4 530 5.2 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 3 0.2 19 0.2 18 0.2 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 2 0.1 133 1.3 129 1.3 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