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. 2019 Nov 5;105(4):350–356. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317418

Table 3.

Prevalence of moderate and severe impairments and developmental delays at 2 years corrected age for the EPICE cohort

Country (region(s)) Number of responses Neurodevelopmental impairment Neurosensory impairment* Cognitive impairment
n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%)
Belgium (Flanders) 307 58/300 (19.3) 14/302 (4.6) 57/302 (18.9)
Denmark (Eastern region) 180 31/176 (17.6) 4/177 (2.3) 27/179 (15.1)
Estonia (whole country) 137 17/133 (12.8) 8/133 (6) 14/137 (10.2)
Germany (Hesse, Saarland) 421 57/409 (13.9) 27/414 (6.5) 49/415 (11.8)
Italy (Emilia, Lazio, Marche) 722 116/713 (16.3) 39/711 (5.5) 104/721 (14.4)
The Netherlands (East-Central) 229 23/226 (10.2) 7/228 (3.1) 21/227 (9.3)
Poland (Wielkopolska) 189 49/188 (26.1) 17/187 (9.1) 46/187 (24.6)
Portugal (Lisbon, Northern) 408 65/389 (16.7) 12/392 (3.1) 60/404 (14.9)
UK (East Midlands, Yorkshire) 540 96/455 (21.1) 41/509 (8.1) 81/468 (17.3)
Sweden (Stockholm region) 161 32/157 (20.4) 4/159 (2.5) 32/159 (20.1)
Total 3294 544/3146 (17.3) 173/3212 (5.4) 491/3199 (15.3)

*If the response to one of either motor, hearing or visual impairment was missing and the other two domains were not reported as severe impairment, then the response was included in the denominator. If severe impairment was reported for any of the domains, then the response was included in both the numerator and denominator.

EPICE, Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe.