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Table 1 Characteristics of neonates receiving CPAP or mechanical ventilation, NSW 2001-2008

From: Trends in use of neonatal CPAP: a population-based study

Infant and hospital characteristics

CPAP alone

Mechanical ventilation*

No ventilation or CPAP

 

N = 6188

N = 8229

N = 682,399

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Male

3625

(58.6)

4908

(59.6)

350346

(51.3)

Female

2563

(41.4)

3321

(40.4)

332053

(48.7)

Singleton

4870

(78.7)

6846

(83.2)

663798

(97.3)

Multiple

1318

(21.3)

1383

(16.8)

18601

(2.7)

Gestational age

      

24-26

80

(1.3)

1008

(12.3)

207

(0.03)

27-29

559

(9.0)

1506

(18.3)

276

(0.04)

30-32

1734

(28.0)

1355

(16.5)

2337

(0.3)

33-34

1115

(18.0)

803

(9.8)

7598

(1.1)

35-36

800

(12.9)

682

(8.3)

26332

(3.9)

37-38

681

(11.0)

995

(12.1)

151713

(22.2)

39-40

803

(13.0)

1282

(15.6)

371034

(54.4)

41-42

413

(6.7)

597

(7.3)

122056

(17.9)

> 42

3

(0.05)

1

(0.01)

846

(0.12)

Size at birth

      

< 10th centile

636

(10.3)

1127

(13.7)

64996

(9.5)

10th-90th centile

4865

(78.6)

6241

(75.8)

545275

(79.9)

> 90th centile

687

(11.1)

861

(10.5)

72128

(10.6)

Apgar at 1 minute

      

< 4

626

(10.2)

2450

(30.1)

10011

(1.5)

≥4

5538

(89.8)

5701

(69.9)

670734

(98.5)

Apgar at 5 minutes

      

< 7

529

(8.6)

2375

(29.1)

6355

(0.9)

≥7

5634

(91.4)

5783

(70.9)

674538

(99.1)

  1. * with or without CPAP