Table 3

Prevalence of moderate and severe impairments and developmental delays at 2 years corrected age for the EPICE cohort

Country (region(s))Number of responsesNeurodevelopmental impairmentNeurosensory impairment*Cognitive impairment
n/N (%)n/N (%)n/N (%)
Belgium (Flanders)30758/300 (19.3)14/302 (4.6)57/302 (18.9)
Denmark (Eastern region)18031/176 (17.6)4/177 (2.3)27/179 (15.1)
Estonia (whole country)13717/133 (12.8)8/133 (6)14/137 (10.2)
Germany (Hesse, Saarland)42157/409 (13.9)27/414 (6.5)49/415 (11.8)
Italy (Emilia, Lazio, Marche)722116/713 (16.3)39/711 (5.5)104/721 (14.4)
The Netherlands (East-Central)22923/226 (10.2)7/228 (3.1)21/227 (9.3)
Poland (Wielkopolska)18949/188 (26.1)17/187 (9.1)46/187 (24.6)
Portugal (Lisbon, Northern)40865/389 (16.7)12/392 (3.1)60/404 (14.9)
UK (East Midlands, Yorkshire)54096/455 (21.1)41/509 (8.1)81/468 (17.3)
Sweden (Stockholm region)16132/157 (20.4)4/159 (2.5)32/159 (20.1)
Total3294544/3146 (17.3)173/3212 (5.4)491/3199 (15.3)
  • *If the response to one of either motor, hearing or visual impairment was missing and the other two domains were not reported as severe impairment, then the response was included in the denominator. If severe impairment was reported for any of the domains, then the response was included in both the numerator and denominator.

  • EPICE, Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe.