Table 1. Current and required number of NICU beds according to regions in Korea, 2015.

City or province	No. of births in 2015a	No. of NICU beds	No. of NICU beds per 1,000 births	Estimated No. of beds required
				3.9 beds/1,000 births		4.3 beds/1,000 birthsb
				Required	Surplus	Required	Surplus
Seoulc	83,005	590	7.1	324	266	357	233
Busanc	26,645	136	5.1	104	32	115	21
Daeguc	19,438	109	5.6	76	33	84	25
Incheonc	25,491	71	2.8	99	−28	110	−39
Gwangjuc	12,441	68	5.5	49	19	53	15
Daejeonc	13,774	88	6.4	54	34	59	29
Ulsanc	11,732	25	2.1	46	−21	50	−25
Gyeonggi	113,495	308	2.7	443	−135	488	−180
Gangwon	10,929	57	5.2	43	14	47	10
Chungbuk	13,563	25	1.8	53	−28	58	−33
Chungnam	21,312	55	2.6	83	−28	92	−37
Jeonbuk	14,087	57	4.0	55	2	61	−4
Jeonnam	15,061	11	0.7	59	−48	65	−54
Gyeongbuk	22,310	16	0.7	87	−71	96	−80
Gyeongnam	29,537	77	2.6	115	−38	127	−50
Jeju	5,600	23	4.1	22	1	24	−1
Total	438,420	1,716	3.9	1,710	6	1,885	−169

NICU = neonatal intensive care unit.

^aBirth registry data from Statistics Korea; ^bConsidering 10% of reserved bed; ^cMetropolitan cities.