Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 7601 Viborg

  1. Hospital: Viborg 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1891 100.0 2733 100.0 2667 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 156 8.2 249 9.1 247 9.3 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 219 11.6 357 13.1 355 13.3 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 330 17.5 456 16.7 441 16.5 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 54 2.9 99 3.6 96 3.6 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 147 7.8 168 6.1 182 6.8 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 848 44.8 1203 44.0 1172 43.9 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 1147 60.7 1649 60.3 1603 60.1 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 67 3.5 70 2.6 68 2.5 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 99 5.2 129 4.7 126 4.7 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 4 0.2 6 0.2 8 0.3 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 38 2.0 43 1.6 40 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