Table 3.

Gestational age distribution and gestational age-specific neonatal mortality rates in Canada and Sweden, 1995–2005

Gestational age (weeks)	Canada 1995–2005			Sweden 1995–2005
	Live births		Neonatal mortality per 1000 (95% CI)	Live births		Neonatal mortality per 1000 (95% CI)
	Number	Rate/100		Number	Rate/100
<22	1494	0.07	950.5 (938.2–960.9)	Not reported	–	–
22–23	1902	0.08	892.2 (877.4–905.8)	335	0.03	561.2 (506.2–615.1)
24–25	2774	0.12	417.4 (399.0–436.1)	1056	0.10	269.9 (243.3–297.8)
26–27	3982	0.17	141.9 (131.2–153.1)	1633	0.16	140.2 (123.7–158.0)
28–31	14,820	0.65	44.4 (41.1–47.8)	6628	0.64	42.2 (37.5–47.4)
32–36	146,954	6.40	7.0 (6.6–7.4)	55,058	5.35	8.6 (7.8–9.4)
37–41	2,093,277	91.1	0.9 (0.9–0.9)	882,169	85.8	0.8 (0.7–0.9)
≥42	32,197	1.40	1.3 (0.9–1.7)	81,697	7.94	1.2 (1.0–1.5)
Unknown	5699	0.25	32.3 (27.9–37.2)	1273	0.12	33.8 (24.6–45.2)
≥22	2,295,906	99.9	3.1 (3.1–3.2)	1,028,576	100.0	2.2 (2.1–2.3)
≥24	2,294,004	99.8	2.4 (2.3–2.5)	1,028,241	100.0	2.4 (2.2–2.7)
≥28	2,287,248	99.6	1.7 (1.6–1.7)	1,025,552	99.7	1.6 (1.4–1.7)
Total	2,303,099	100.0	3.8 (3.7–3.8)	1,029,849	100.0	2.2 (2.1–2.3)

Source: [27••]