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. 2018 Jan 20;104(1):F36–F45. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313697

Table 2C.

Severe neonatal morbidity among very preterm infants born between 28 and 31 weeks of GA surviving to discharge in 16 European regions

IVH grade III/IV cPVL ROP stage 3+ Severe NEC Severe morbidity no BPD Severe BPD Severe morbidity with severe BPD
n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%)
All regions 92/4767 (1.9) 113/4780 (2.4) 38/4743 (0.8) 42/4829 (0.9) 248/4688 (5.3) 83/3807 (2.2) 259/3726 (7.0)
Belgium: Flanders 9/500 (1.8) 15/519 (2.9) 3/510 (0.6) 1/524 (0.2) 24/482 (5.0) 12/520 (2.3) 34/479 (7.1)
Denmark: Eastern 5/191 (2.6) 2/192 (1.0) 3/192 (1.6) 2/199 (1.0) 11/186 (5.9) 6/190 (3.2) 17/180 (9.4)
Estonia 2/101 (2.0) 5/101 (5.0) 1/101 (1.0) 1/101 (1.0) 7/101 (6.9) 0/101 (0.0) 7/101 (6.9)
France: Northern 4/198 (2) 4/198 (2.0) 1/192 (0.5) 0/198 (0.0) 8/192 (4.2) 10/177 (5.6) 17/177 (9.6)
France: Ile-de-France 11/568 (1.9) 8/570 (1.4) 0/550 (0.0) 1/570 (0.2) 18/549 (3.3) 9/534 (1.7) 27/531 (5.1)
Germany: Hesse 3/370 (0.8) 4/368 (1.1) 2/370 (0.5) 1/371 (0.3) 10/370 (2.7) 5/370 (1.4) 13/370 (3.5)
Italy: Lazio 8/371 (2.2) 12/371 (3.2) 6/365 (1.6) 3/374 (0.8) 24/368 (6.5) 7/364 (1.9) 29/365 (7.9)
Italy: Emilia 3/287 (1.0) 3/287 (1.0) 0/289 (0.0) 4/289 (1.4) 10/287 (3.5) 3/288 (1.0) 11/286 (3.8)
The Netherlands: East-Central 5/239 (2.1) 5/237 (2.1) 1/239 (0.4) 2/241 (0.8) 13/239 (5.4) 5/240 (2.1) 17/239 (7.1)
Poland: Wielkopolska 8/172 (4.7) 16/173 (9.2) 7/172 (4.1) 8/173 (4.6) 28/172 (16.3) 1/173 (0.6) 28/172 (16.3)
Portugal: Northern 6/181 (3.3) 5/181 (2.8) 4/181 (2.2) 2/181 (1.1) 12/181 (6.6) 6/181 (3.3) 16/181 (8.8)
Portugal: Lisbon 6/269 (2.2) 5/269 (1.9) 1/268 (0.4) 5/269 (1.9) 15/268 (5.6) 4/268 (1.5) 18/268 (6.7)
UK: Northern 3/259 (1.2) 0/256 (0.0) 3/258 (1.2) 4/277 (1.4) 9/241 (3.7) 9/229 (3.9) 18/210 (8.6)
UK: East Midlands 7/399 (1.8) 10/396 (2.5) 1/399 (0.3) 2/399 (0.5) 18/396 (4.5) NA NA
UK: Yorkshire and Humber 11/489 (2.2) 18/489 (3.7) 5/489 (1.0) 6/489 (1.2) 39/489 (8.0) NA NA
Sweden: Stockholm 1/173 (0.6) 1/173 (0.6) 0/168 (0.0) 0/174 (0.0) 2/167 (1.2) 6/172 (3.5) 7/167 (4.2)

BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; cPVL, cystic periventricular leukomalacia; GA, gestational age; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity.