Table 3

Total number of births, percentage live born, percentage receiving interventions and percentage surviving to discharge by gestational age and birth weight in 5 European countries (based on data from 12 regions)

				<500 g							≥500 g
		Outcome		Belgium	France	Italy	Portugal	UK	All	p Value	Belgium	France	Italy	Portugal	UK	All	p Value
22 weeks gestation	Births		N (all births)	25	61	34	20	56	196	–	27	30	16	8	17	98	–
			N (live births)	2	6	6	0	11	25	–	6	7	5	2	4	24	–
			% live born	8	10	18	0	20	13	0.135	22	23	31	25	24	25	0.973
	Active treatment	Antenatal steroids	% (all births)	4	0	3	0	5	2	0.489	0	0	25	13	0	5	0.002
	Active treatment	Respiratory support	% (all births)	0	0	9	0	0	2	0.006	0	0	25	13	0	5	0.001
	Survival to discharge	Any survival	% (all births)	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
	Survival to discharge	Morbidity free	% (all births)	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
23 weeks gestation	Births		N (all births)	9	25	25	12	17	88	–	24	75	49	18	56	222	–
			N (live births)	3	5	4	1	3	16	–	8	25	29	6	39	107	–
			% live born	33	20	16	8	18	18	0.679	33	33	59	33	70	48	<0.001
	Active treatment	Antenatal steroids	% (all births)	11	10	21	8	29	16	0.500	4	0	58	33	58	31	<0.001
	Active treatment	Respiratory support	% (all births)	0	0	12	0	6	5	0.243	4	0	49	22	54	27	<0.001
	Survival to discharge	Any survival	% (all births)	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.636	0	0	14	0	25	9	<0.001
	Survival to discharge	Morbidity free	% (all births)	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	2	1
24 weeks gestation	Births		N (all births)	5	20	7	7	16	55	–	55	82	68	42	123	370	–
			N (live births)	2	1	5	3	2	13	–	41	53	52	32	96	274	–
			% live born	40	5	71	43	13	24	0.003	75	65	77	76	78	74	0.275
	Active treatment	Antenatal steroids	% (all births)	40	22	71	57	50	43	0.179	60	50	74	81	77	68	<0.001
	Active treatment	Respiratory support	% (all births)	40	0	43	29	13	16	0.033	56	40	75	71	75	64	<0.001
	Survival to discharge	Any survival	% (all births)	20	0	0	0	0	2	0.037	36	21	32	26	50	36	<0.001
	Survival to discharge	Morbidity free	% (all births)	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	7	13	0	4	7
25 weeks gestation	Births		N (all births)	9	8	7	7	12	43	–	47	98	60	44	128	377	–
			N (live births)	2	2	3	3	3	13	–	40	81	50	37	93	301	–
			% live born	22	25	43	43	25	30	0.810	85	83	83	84	73	80	0.175
	Active treatment	Antenatal steroids	% (all births)	22	0	57	43	50	34	0.138	55	68	76	80	78	72	0.027
	Active treatment	Respiratory support	% (all births)	22	13	43	43	17	26	0.483	81	76	82	82	72	77	0.470
	Survival to discharge	Any survival	% (all births)	11	0	0	14	8	7	0.741	49	52	52	45	55	52	0.863
	Survival to discharge	Morbidity free	% (all births)	0	0	0	0	0	0		21	28	18	20	7	18

Please note: regions comprise: Belgium (Flanders); France (Burgundy, Ile-de-France, Northern); Italy (Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Marche); Portugal (Northern region, Lisbon); UK (East Midlands, Northern, Yorkshire).