Table 2C

Severe neonatal morbidity among very preterm infants born between 28 and 31 weeks of GA 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 regions92/4767 (1.9)113/4780 (2.4)38/4743 (0.8)42/4829 (0.9)248/4688 (5.3)83/3807 (2.2)259/3726 (7.0)
Belgium: Flanders9/500 (1.8)15/519 (2.9)3/510 (0.6)1/524 (0.2)24/482 (5.0)12/520 (2.3)34/479 (7.1)
Denmark: Eastern5/191 (2.6)2/192 (1.0)3/192 (1.6)2/199 (1.0)11/186 (5.9)6/190 (3.2)17/180 (9.4)
Estonia2/101 (2.0)5/101 (5.0)1/101 (1.0)1/101 (1.0)7/101 (6.9)0/101 (0.0)7/101 (6.9)
France: Northern4/198 (2)4/198 (2.0)1/192 (0.5)0/198 (0.0)8/192 (4.2)10/177 (5.6)17/177 (9.6)
France: Ile-de-France11/568 (1.9)8/570 (1.4)0/550 (0.0)1/570 (0.2)18/549 (3.3)9/534 (1.7)27/531 (5.1)
Germany: Hesse3/370 (0.8)4/368 (1.1)2/370 (0.5)1/371 (0.3)10/370 (2.7)5/370 (1.4)13/370 (3.5)
Italy: Lazio8/371 (2.2)12/371 (3.2)6/365 (1.6)3/374 (0.8)24/368 (6.5)7/364 (1.9)29/365 (7.9)
Italy: Emilia3/287 (1.0)3/287 (1.0)0/289 (0.0)4/289 (1.4)10/287 (3.5)3/288 (1.0)11/286 (3.8)
The Netherlands: East-Central5/239 (2.1)5/237 (2.1)1/239 (0.4)2/241 (0.8)13/239 (5.4)5/240 (2.1)17/239 (7.1)
Poland: Wielkopolska8/172 (4.7)16/173 (9.2)7/172 (4.1)8/173 (4.6)28/172 (16.3)1/173 (0.6)28/172 (16.3)
Portugal: Northern6/181 (3.3)5/181 (2.8)4/181 (2.2)2/181 (1.1)12/181 (6.6)6/181 (3.3)16/181 (8.8)
Portugal: Lisbon6/269 (2.2)5/269 (1.9)1/268 (0.4)5/269 (1.9)15/268 (5.6)4/268 (1.5)18/268 (6.7)
UK: Northern3/259 (1.2)0/256 (0.0)3/258 (1.2)4/277 (1.4)9/241 (3.7)9/229 (3.9)18/210 (8.6)
UK: East Midlands7/399 (1.8)10/396 (2.5)1/399 (0.3)2/399 (0.5)18/396 (4.5)NANA
UK: Yorkshire and Humber11/489 (2.2)18/489 (3.7)5/489 (1.0)6/489 (1.2)39/489 (8.0)NANA
Sweden: Stockholm1/173 (0.6)1/173 (0.6)0/168 (0.0)0/174 (0.0)2/167 (1.2)6/172 (3.5)7/167 (4.2)
  • BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; cPVL, cystic periventricular leukomalacia; GA, gestational age; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity.