Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 8003 Vendsyssel

  1. Hospital: Vendsyssel 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 1357 100.0 6175 100.0 6399 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 160 11.8 595 9.6 615 9.6 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 221 16.3 921 14.9 953 14.9 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 223 16.4 672 10.9 712 11.1 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 98 7.2 438 7.1 444 6.9 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 294 21.7 1183 19.2 1207 18.9 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 546 40.2 2698 43.7 2782 43.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 760 56.0 3872 62.7 4008 62.6 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 80 5.9 204 3.3 208 3.3 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 84 6.2 321 5.2 334 5.2 3123 4.1
Admittance to NICU - ventilator treatment 0 0.0 9 0.1 9 0.1 132 0.2
Admittance to NICU - CPAP treatment 93 6.9 240 3.9 243 3.8 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