Table 3.
Timing of Death by NICU, n (%)**
| NICU | npatients | DR | <12h of life* | 12h to 28d | 29d to 366d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 628 | 0 | 5 (0.8) | 17 (2.7) | 3 (0.5) |
| B | 288 | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) |
| C | 183 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.6) |
| D | 98 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) |
| E | 196 | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 5 (2.6) | 0 |
| F | 87 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.4) | 1 (1.1) |
| G | 266 | 0 | 0 | 12 (4.5) | 1 (0.4) |
| H | 83 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.4) | 0 |
| I | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.8) | 0 |
| K | 344 | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) | 15 (3.8) | 6 (1.7) |
| L | 500 | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.6) | 16 (3.2) | 9 (1.8) |
| M | 148 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 6 (4.1) | 2 (1.4) |
| N | 395 | 3 (0.8) | 3 (0.8) | 15 (3.8) | 4 (1.0) |
| O | 214 | 3 (1.4) | 4 (1.9) | 8 (3.7) | 3 (1.4) |
| P | 485 | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 24 (4.9) | 2 (0.4) |
| Q | 202 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 10 (5.0) | 2 (1.0) |
| R | 352 | 4 (1.1) | 1 (0.3) | 20 (5.7) | 6 (1.7) |
| S | 80 | 0 | 0 | 7 (8.8) | 2 (2.5) |
| T | 273 | 0 | 2 (0.7) | 12 (4.4) | 6 (2.2) |
| U | 186 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 10 (5.4) | 5 (2.7) |
| V | 132 | 0 | 0 | 17 (12.9) | 0 |
| W | 86 | 0 | 2 (2.3) | 8 (9.3) | 4 (4.7) |
| X | 11 | 0 | 1 (9.1) | 4 (36.4) | 1 (9.1) |
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| % of deaths | 4.9 | 9.8 | 66.4 | 19.1 | |
*
after admission to NICU, DR – delivery room; note that DR deaths are excluded from comparisons of different definitions of mortality tested in this manuscript
**
percentages are row percentages, which do not add to 100 because surviving infants are excluded