Table 1.
VPT infants included in the EPICE cohort and follow-up rates at 2 years corrected age
| Country (region) | Total VPT live births | VPT infants discharged alive from neonatal care | Deaths following discharge and prior to 2 years corrected age | Responses at 2 years corrected age* | |||
| N | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 749 | 651 | 86.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 47.2 |
| Denmark (Eastern region) | 348 | 286 | 82.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 180 | 62.9 |
| Estonia (whole country) | 151 | 140 | 92.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 137 | 99.3 |
| Germany (Hesse, Saarland) | 735 | 645 | 87.8 | 5 | 0.8 | 421 | 65.8 |
| Italy (Emilia, Lazio, Marche) | 1111 | 961 | 86.5 | 6 | 0.6 | 722 | 75.6 |
| The Netherlands (East-Central) | 392 | 329 | 83.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 229 | 69.6 |
| Poland (Wielkopolska) | 299 | 236 | 78.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 189 | 80.4 |
| Portugal (Lisbon, Northern) | 719 | 606 | 84.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 408 | 67.5 |
| UK (East Midlands, Yorkshire) | 1297 | 1145 | 88.3 | 5 | 0.4 | 540 | 47.4 |
| Sweden (Stockholm region) | 263 | 237 | 90.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 161 | 68.2 |
| Total | 6064 | 5236 | 86.3 | 22 | 0.4 | 3294 | 63.2 |
*Response rates calculated as a per cent of eligible infants (discharged alive and surviving to 2 years corrected age).
EPICE, Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe; VPT, very preterm.