Table 3.
Proportion of Children Registered with Phototherapy According to Gestational Age Among Singletons and Twinsa
Gestational Age, Weeks | Singletons | Twins+ | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Children Registered with Phototherapy | Total | Children Registered with Phototherapy | |||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
20–27b | 244 | 207 | 84.8 | 154 | 139 | 90.3 |
28–31 | 505 | 396 | 78.4 | 282 | 218 | 77.3 |
32–34 | 1174 | 654 | 55.7 | 642 | 350 | 54.5 |
35 | 768 | 218 | 28.4 | 338 | 79 | 23.4 |
36 | 1429 | 187 | 13.1 | 423 | 36 | 8.5 |
37 | 3396 | 167 | 4.9 | 894 | 21 | 2.3 |
38–45 | 60,297 | 395 | 0.7 | 938 | 12 | 1.3 |
Notes: aThe table is based on children born at Aarhus University Hospital from 1 January 2002 through 30 November 2016 (N=71,781). bIncludes only children who survived the neonatal period.