Table 4 Survival to discharge for infants born at GA 24–36 weeks in 15 hospitals in China January 1, 2013-December 31, 2014.

From: Care Practices, Morbidity and Mortality of Preterm Neonates in China, 2013–2014: a Retrospective study

No./Total(%)

24–27 weeks (n = 148)

28–31 weeks (n = 1612)

32–33 weeks (n = 2460)

34–36 weeks (n = 9481)

Total (N = 13701)

χ2

p

Died

47 (31.8)

108 (6.7)

45 (1.8)

56 (0.6)

256 (1.9)

1010.711

0.000

Survived to dischargea

101 (68.2)

1504 (93.3)

2415 (99.2)

9425 (99.4)

13445 (98.1)

1010.711

0.000

Survived to discharge without major morbidityb

64 (63.4)

1246 (82.8)

2227 (92.2)

9137 (96.9)

12674 (94.3)

685.124

0.000

RDSa

131 (88.5)

900 (55.8)

603 (24.5)

512 (5.4)

2146 (15.7)

3465.331

0.000

RDS stage III+a

50 (33.8)

178 (11.0)

115 (4.7)

81 (0.9)

424 (3.1)

3688.745

0.000

BPDc

29 (19.6)

165 (10.2)

37 (1.5)

54 (0.6)

285 (2.1)

859.508

0.000

Moderate/severe BPDc

15 (10.1)

83 (5.1)

21 (0.8)

48 (0.5)

167 (1.3)

898.967

0.000

ICHc

33 (22.3)

227 (14.1)

293 (11.9)

639 (6.7)

1192 (8.7)

171.016

0.000

Severe IVHc

6 (4.1)

10 (0.6)

7 (0.3)

8 (0.1)

31 (0.2)

260.424

0.000

cystic PVLc

1e

13 (0.8)

1e

3e

18 (0.1)

d

0.000

NECc

8 (5.4)

57 (3.5)

45 (1.8)

60 (0.6)

170 (1.2)

125.795

0.000

NEC stage IIIc

1e

5e

1e

1e

8e

d

0.169

ROPc

17 (11.5)

69 (4.3)

20 (0.8)

38 (0.4)

144 (1.1)

356.511

0.000

ROP stage III+c

3e

9e

2e

7e

21 (1.5)

d

0.790

Sepsisa

20 (13.5)

147 (9.1)

114 (4.6)

131 (1.4)

412 (3.0)

370.685

0.000

  1. RDS respiratory distress syndrome, including grade I, II, III and IV, BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia, including mild, moderate and severe BPD, ICH intracranial hemorrhage, IVH intraventricular hemorrhage, Severe IVH including grade III and IV, NEC necrotizing enterocolitis, including stage I, II and III, ROP retinopathy of prematurity, including grade 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  2. aProportion among all infants including survivors.
  3. bMajor morbidity was defined as one or more of moderate/severe BPD, IVH stage ≥ III, cystic PVL, NEC stage III, ROP grade ≥ 3, and sepsis (early-onset sepsis, late-onset sepsis).
  4. cProportion among infants who survived >7 days.
  5. dFisher’s exact tests.
  6. eNumerator less than 10.