Table 2A

Severe neonatal morbidity among very preterm infants born before 32 weeks of gestation surviving to discharge in 16 European regions

IVH grade III/IVcPVLROP stage 3+Severe NECSevere morbidity no BPDSevere BPDSevere morbidity with severe BPD
n/N (%)n/N (%)n/N (%)n/N (%)n/N (%)n/N (%)n/N (%)
All regions250/6333 (3.9)203/6350 (3.2)236/6308 (3.7)119/6422 (1.9)663/6238 (10.6)278/5039 (5.5)716/5173 (13.8)
Belgium: Flanders17/620 (2.7)21/645 (3.3)24/637 (3.8)8/651 (1.2)61/604 (10.1)31/643 (4.8)84/599 (14.0)
Denmark: Eastern9/276 (3.3)4/277 (1.4)9/276 (3.3)6/286 (2.1)24/268 (9.0)33/267 (12.4)50/255 (19.6)
Estonia4/140 (2.9)8/140 (5.7)12/140 (8.6)4/140 (2.9)21/140 (15.0)5/140 (3.6)24/140 (17.1)
France: Northern6/275 (2.2)9/275 (3.3)5/267 (1.9)2/275 (0.7)21/267 (7.9)20/244 (8.2)37/246 (15.0)
France: Ile-de-France31/743 (4.2)16/746 (2.1)2/724 (0.3)1/746 (0.1)46/722 (6.4)28/694 (4.0)72/692 (10.4)
Germany: Hesse12/526 (2.3)11/524 (2.1)23/524 (4.4)15/528 (2.8)51/525 (9.7)27/524 (5.2)67/524 (12.8)
Italy: Lazio17/469 (3.6)16/469 (3.4)24/461 (5.2)6/472 (1.3)54/465 (11.6)16/458 (3.5)63/461 (13.7)
Italy: Emilia15/389 (3.9)9/389 (2.3)18/391 (4.6)6/391 (1.5)39/389 (10.0)17/386 (4.4)46/386 (11.9)
The Netherlands: East-Central15/326 (4.6)9/324 (2.8)4/326 (1.2)6/329 (1.8)30/326 (9.2)24/327 (7.3)47/326 (14.4)
Poland: Wielkopolska21/235 (8.9)22/235 (9.4)24/234 (10.3)11/236 (4.7)55/234 (23.5)3/236 (1.3)55/234 (23.5)
Portugal: Northern12/246 (4.9)12/246 (4.9)14/246 (5.7)4/246 (1.6)28/246 (11.4)13/246 (5.3)36/246 (14.6)
Portugal: Lisbon16/360 (4.4)12/360 (3.3)14/359 (3.9)7/360 (1.9)41/359 (11.4)18/359 (5.0)49/359 (13.6)
UK: Northern12/347 (3.5)5/349 (1.4)16/351 (4.6)14/380 (3.7)37/330 (11.2)29/283 (10.2)57/270 (21.1)
UK: East Midlands28/507 (5.5)18/502 (3.6)14/507 (2.8)12/507 (2.4)58/502 (11.6)NANA
UK: Yorkshire and Humber27/638 (4.2)25/633 (3.9)25/637 (3.9)14/638 (2.2)80/633 (12.6)NANA
Sweden: Stockholm8/236 (3.4)6/236 (2.5)8/228 (3.5)3/237 (1.3)17/228 (7.5)14/232 (6.0)29/228 (12.7)
  • BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; cPVL, cystic periventricular leukomalacia; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity.