Table 2.
Imputed overall outcome by different denominators at each completed week of gestation for EPICure 2 cohort born in England during 2006. Values are percentages of all births in category (95% confidence interval) unless stated otherwise
| Outcomes | 22 weeks | 23 weeks | 24 weeks | 25 weeks | 26 weeks | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No alive at onset of labour* | 272 | 416 | 494 | 550 | 594 | 2326 |
| No of live births | 152 | 339 | 442 | 521 | 580 | 2034 |
| No of live births with stabilisation attempted | 41 | 283 | 425 | 516 | 577 | 1842 |
| No admitted for neonatal care: | 19 | 217 | 381 | 498 | 571 | 1686 |
| Deaths in neonatal care | 16 | 151 | 203 | 152 | 123 | 645 |
| Deaths after discharge home | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| No surviving to 3 years of age: | 3 | 63 | 177 | 341 | 447 | 1031 |
| No (%) with severe disability†‡ | 1 (10) | 17 (29) | 37 (19) | 57 (16) | 45 (10) | 152 (15) |
| No (%) with moderate disability†‡ | 1 (42) | 14 (18) | 33 (16) | 48 (12) | 54 (10) | 128 (12) |
| No (%) without disability†‡ | 1 (48) | 32 (53) | 107 (65) | 236 (72) | 348 (79) | 750 (73) |
| Survival: | ||||||
| From onset of labour | 1 (0 to 3) | 15 (12 to 19) | 36 (31 to 40) | 62 (58 to 66) | 75 (71 to 79) | 44 (42 to 46) |
| Live births with stabilisation attempted | 7 (1 to 20) | 22 (18 to 29) | 42 (37 to 46) | 66 (62 to 70) | 77 (74 to 81) | 56 (54 to 58) |
| Admissions for neonatal care | 16 (3 to 40) | 29 (26 to 36) | 46 (41 to 51) | 68 (64 to 73) | 78 (75 to 82) | 61 (54 to 58) |
| Survival without disability‡: | ||||||
| From onset of labour | 0.4 (0 to 2) | 8 (5 to 11) | 23 (19 to 27) | 44 (39 to 49) | 60 (55 to 65) | 32 (30 to 35) |
| Live births with stabilisation attempted | 2 (0 to 13) | 12 (8 to 16) | 27 (22 to 32) | 47 (42 to 53) | 62 (57 to 67) | 41 (38 to 44) |
| Admissions for neonatal care | 5 (0 to 26) | 15 (10 to 21) | 30 (25 to 35) | 49 (43 to 55) | 62 (57 to 67) | 45 (41 to 47) |
*Includes all caesarean sections where the baby was alive when delivery was initiated.
†Numbers imputed from whole dataset.
‡Disability classified as in Disability and Perinatal Care 1994.16