Proportions of deaths after a decision to limit (withhold/withdraw) intensive care, by gestational age, among infants born alive
| Gestational age (weeks) | Deaths in delivery room | Deaths in NICU | Deaths in delivery room or NICU | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No* | No† | %‡ | No* | No† | %‡ | No* | No† | %‡ | |
| *Number of deaths among liveborn children. | |||||||||
| †Number of deaths after decision to limit intensive care. | |||||||||
| ‡Percentage of deaths after decision to limit intensive care. | |||||||||
| ⩽24 | 55 | 49 | 89 | 20 | 12 | 60 | 75 | 61 | 81 |
| 25–26 | 42 | 27 | 64 | 87 | 43 | 49 | 129 | 70 | 54 |
| 27–28 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 115 | 42 | 37 | 129 | 45 | 35 |
| 29–30 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 51 | 25 | 49 | 63 | 28 | 44 |
| 31–32 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 42 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 18 | 39 |
| Total | 127 | 84 | 66 | 315 | 138 | 44 | 442 | 222 | 50 |