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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 89:F139-F144 doi:10.1136/adc.2002.020396
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Survival of very preterm infants: Epipage, a population based cohort study

Table 5

Survival rates (%) of very preterm infants born alive in the 1990s in geographically based studies

France Australia Australia England England Australia Wales UK+Ireland
*Calculated from data provided in the paper.
Year of birth 1997 1990–1 1991–2 1991–3 1991–4 1992–3 1993–4 1995
First author Epipage Hagan VICSG Bohin Tin Sutton Cartlidge Costeloe
Reference 15 27 11 10 25 26 18
No of live births 2899 679 401 1535 560 614 760 1185
Survival At discharge At discharge* At 2 years At discharge* At 1 year* At 1 year At 1 year At discharge*
Gestational age (weeks)
    22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 †
    23 0 20 10 3 2 2 5 11
    24 31 44 33 28 17 31 19 26
    25 50 64 58 36 35 49 46 44
    26 56 67 72 55 53 66 68
    27 71 85 77 71 70 79 68
    28 78 95 80 76
    29 89 94 87 82
    30 92 93 90 95
    31 95 97 93 92
    32 97 95 97

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