| Outcome | N (% live births) | |||
| 22 weeks | 23 weeks | 24 weeks | 25 weeks | |
| *Live births | 138 | 241 | 382 | 424 |
| Died in delivery room | 116 (84) | 110 (46) | 84 (22) | 67 (16) |
| Admitted for intensive care | 17 (12) | 121 (50) | 313 (82) | 389 (92) |
| Survival | 2 (1.5) | 26 (11) | 100 (26) | 186 (44) |
| †Gestational age reassessed4 | 22 (16) | 131 (54) | 298 (78) | 357 (84) |
| Died in NICU (% admitted) | 20 (91) | 105 (80) | 198 (66) | 171 (48) |
| Survived to discharge | 2 (9) | 26 (20) | 100 (33) | 186 (52) |
| Deaths after discharge (% of discharged babies) | 0 | 1 (4) | 2 (2) | 3 (1.6) |
| Lost to follow-up | 0 | 3 | 25 | 39 |
| ‡Severe disability | 1 (50) | 5 (23) | 21 (28) | 40 (18) |
| Moderate or mild disability | 1 | 14 (61) | 42 (56) | 83 (56) |
| Survivors without identified impairment at 6 years4 | 0 | 3 (1) | 10 (3) | 35 (8) |
| Survivors without identified disability at 6 years (% admissions)4 | 0 | 3 (2) | 10 (4) | 35 (11) |
Further early outcome data from the EPICure 2 study of babies born <27 weeks’ gestational age in England in 2006 will be available later in 2008.
*Gestational age based on “working” estimate on labour ward.
†Gestational age assessed postnatally.
‡A severe disability is defined as one that is expected to render the child dependent.4