Proportion of children admitted to neonatal critical care (NCC) and paediatric critical care (PCC) during the birth admission and, among those admitted, length of stay and cost, by gestational age at birth
| % to NCC | Days in NCC, mean (SD) | Costs in NCC, mean (SD) | % to PCC | Days in PCC, mean (SD) | Costs in PCC, mean (SD) | |
| <28 | 100% | 50.2 (18.8) | £53 144 (15 504) | 5.5% | 8.8 (5.9) | £14 967 (9526) |
| 28–29 | 100% | 39.3 (13.8) | £32 717 (10 185) | 1.7% | 9.6 (4.0) | £18 265 (9166) |
| 30–31 | 100% | 30.2 (9.3) | £21 957 (6753) | 1.7% | 9.0 (4.0) | £17 596 (8361) |
| 32 | 100% | 22.0 (6.2) | £15 350 (4772) | 0.4% | 16.1 (6.5) | £28 530 (10 386) |
| 33 | 100% | 16.3 (4.4) | £11 065 (3516) | 0.4% | 12.5 (7.8) | £24 168 (15 387) |
| 34 | 90% | 11.9 (4.4) | £7883 (3277) | 0.4% | 13.3 (7.0) | £24 390 (13 400) |
| 35 | 63% | 7.7 (3.9) | £5018 (2981) | 0.4% | 13.5 (6.6) | £24 087 (13 943) |
| 36 | 40% | 5.7 (3.4) | £3757 (2658) | 0.4% | 11.2 (6.8) | £20 069 (13 466) |
| 37 | 20% | 5.0 (2.9) | £3343 (2419) | 0.2% | 9.4 (5.0) | £19 003 (11 033) |
| 38 | 11% | 4.3 (2.8) | £2821 (2302) | 0.2% | 9.5 (4.9) | £19 225 (11 420) |
| 39 | 8% | 4.0 (2.5) | £2417 (1798) | 0.1% | 10.6 (5.9) | £23 720 (15 050) |
| 40 | 8% | 4.0 (2.5) | £2369 (1783) | 0.1% | 9.8 (5.9) | £21 957 (14 523) |
| 41 | 10% | 4.0 (2.4) | £2411 (1721) | 0.1% | 5.3 (3.7) | £13 080 (12 786) |
| 42 | 12% | 4.1 (2.6) | £2383 (1825) | 0.1% | 5.5 (3.2) | £10 936 (9374) |