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Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 5.8: Early neonatal deaths due to pulmonary immaturity by gestational age at birth

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Number		Gest wks	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	All
		<20	4	8	4	7	12	17	52
		20	4	7	10	5	6	13	45
		21	11	13	5	11	10	16	66
		22	20	19	15	13	11	14	92
		23	23	18	21	14	24	21	121
		24+	37	43	61	44	49	44	278
		Tot	99	108	116	94	112	125	654
Percent		Gest wks	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	All
		<20	4.0	7.4	3.4	7.4	10.7	13.6	8.0
		20	4.0	6.5	8.6	5.3	5.4	10.4	6.9
		21	11.1	12.0	4.3	11.7	8.9	12.8	10.1
		22	20.2	17.6	12.9	13.8	9.8	11.2	14.1
		23	23.2	16.7	18.1	14.9	21.4	16.8	18.5
		24+	37.4	39.8	52.6	46.8	43.8	35.2	42.5
		Tot	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
		<22 wks	19.2	25.9	16.4	24.5	25.0	36.8

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