Table 1.

Modes of death in the NICU in the two cohorts.

	1992-1995	2002-2005
Modes of death	n (%)	n (%)	Total	p-value*
Failed CPR	94 (57.7)	41 (44.1)	135 (52.7)	0.036
Withholding and/or
withdrawal of therapy	54 (33.1)	48 (51.6)	102 (39.8)	0.044
Do-not-resuscitate	15 (9.2)	4 (4.3)	19 (7.4)	0.147
Total	163 (100)	93 (100)	256 (100)

*Chi-squared test.