Country | Region | Total births in region, n | Total VPT births excl TOPS, n | Rate of VPT/1000 births excl TOPs(95% CI) | VPT live births, n | VPT LB rate/1000 LB (95% CI) | Official NND rate (95% CI) | Regional ranking of NND rate* |
Belgium | Flanders | 60 444 | 743 | 12.3 (11.4 to13.2) | 581 | 9.7 (8.9 to 10.5) | 2.9 (2.5 to 3.4) | 3 |
Denmark | Eastern | 34 065 | 381 | 11.2 10.1 to 12.4) | 331 | 9.8 (8.7 to 10.9) | 3.5 (2.9 to 4.2) | 7 |
France | Ile-de-France | 84 867 | 1202 | 14.2 (13.4 to 15.0) | 903 | 10.8 (10.1 to 11.5) | 3.0 (2.6 to 3.4) | 5 |
Germany | Hesse | 52 078 | 724 | 13.9 (12.9 to 15.0) | 619 | 11.9 (11.0 to 12.9) | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.1) | 1 |
Italy | Lazio | 51 939 | 569 | 11.0 (10.1 to 11.9) | 457 | 8.8 (8.0 to 9.7) | 2.9 (2.5 to 3.4) | 3 |
The Netherlands | Eastern and Central | 48 235 | 513 | 10.6 (9.7 to 11.6) | 399 | 8.3 (7.5 to 9.2) | 3.6 (3.1 to 4.2) | 8 |
Poland | Wielkopolska/Lubiskie | 43 188 | 566 | 13.3 (12.2 to 14.4) | 439 | 10.2 (9.3 to 11.2) | 5.1 (4.4 to 5.8) | 10 |
Portugal | Northern | 35 336 | 369 | 10.7 (9.6 to 11.8) | 290 | 8.2 (7.3 to 9.2) | 2.8 (2.3 to 3.4) | 2 |
UK | Trent | 56 990 | 949 | 16.7 (15.7 to 17.9) | 772 | 13.6 (12.7 to 14.6) | 4.1 (3.6 to 4.7) | 9 |
UK | Northern | 30 329 | 517 | 17.1 (15.6 to 18.6) | 413 | 13.7 (12.4 to 15.1) | 3.1 (2.5 to 3.8) | 6 |
All regions | 497 482 | 6533 | 13.2 (12.9 to 13.5) | 5204 | 10.5 (10.2 to 10.8) | 3.2 (3.0 to 3.4)† |
LB, live births; NND, neonatal death rate; TOP, termination of pregnancy; VPT, very preterm births (22+0 to 31+6 weeks’ gestation).
*Worst NND ranking = 10; †calculated from the official neonatal deaths rates for the study regions.