Quality indicators - Standard population of low risk nullipara *) - 2002-2005, 8008 Fr.havn-Skagen

  1. Hospital: Fr.havn-Skagen 2. County (hospitals) 3. County (residents) 4. Denmark
n % n % n % n %
All Deliveries 457 100.0 6175 100.0 6399 100.0 75386 100.0
Emergency caesarean section 52 11.4 595 9.6 615 9.6 9092 12.1
Vacuumextraction/forceps 55 12.0 921 14.9 953 14.9 12897 17.1
Episiotomy 57 12.5 672 10.9 712 11.1 11487 15.2
Rupture of sphincter ani 23 5.0 438 7.1 444 6.9 3961 5.3
Epidural analgesia 24 5.3 1183 19.2 1207 18.9 14233 18.9
Natural delivery 240 52.5 2698 43.7 2782 43.5 29941 39.7
Uncomplicated delivery 306 67.0 3872 62.7 4008 62.6 42712 56.7
Admittance to NICU for less than 24 hours 2 0.4 204 3.3 208 3.3 1693 2.2
Admittance to NICU for more than 24 hours 9 2.0 321 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 4 0.9 240 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