Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 7603 Nykøbing-Thisted

  1. Hospital: Nykøbing-Thisted 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 801 100.0 2733 100.0 2667 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 93 11.6 249 9.1 247 9.3 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 138 17.2 357 13.1 355 13.3 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 126 15.7 456 16.7 441 16.5 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 43 5.4 99 3.6 96 3.6 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 21 2.6 168 6.1 182 6.8 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 314 39.2 1203 44.0 1172 43.9 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 464 57.9 1649 60.3 1603 60.1 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 3 0.4 70 2.6 68 2.5 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 29 3.6 129 4.7 126 4.7 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 2 0.2 6 0.2 8 0.3 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 5 0.6 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