Regional perinatal mortality differences in the Netherlands; care is the question

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Table 5 Prevalence and mortality risk for clinical risk groups by region.

	North		East		West		South
	Prev	Mortality risk	Prev	Mortality risk	Prev	Mortality risk	Prev	Mortality risk
Clinical risk groups	%	‰	%	‰	%	‰	%	‰
Very preterm births <26⁺⁰ weeks	0.27	937	0.28	947	0.31	928	0.32	951
Severe congenital anomalies	0.80	204	0.81	163	0.81	147	1.02	105
Premature 26⁺⁰–31⁺⁶ weeks	0.89	233	0.74	248	0.76	237	0.72	214
Premature 32⁺⁰–36⁺⁶ weeks	5.14	33.6	4.77	30.2	4.75	29.6	5.26	26.6
Term ≥ 37⁺⁰ weeks	92.89	3.4	93.40	3.2	93.38	3.1	92.69	2.8
Total	100	11.2	100	10.2	100	10.1	100	9.6

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