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Table 3 Level of neonatal care required among 696 698 singleton live-born babies with gestational age (GA) ≥ 32 weeks of gestation during neonatal hospitalization (France, 2011)

From: Gestational age and 1-year hospital admission or mortality: a nation-wide population-based study

GA

No admission to a neonatal care unit

Special care nursery

Intermediate neonatal care unit

NICU

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

32

109 (6.3)

204 (11.7)

814 (46.75)

614 (35.3)

33

141 (5.6)

723 (28.6)

1164 (46.03)

501 (19.8)

34

420 (9.2)

2096 (46.1)

1492 (32.78)

544 (12.0)

35

2333 (29.3)

3766 (47.3)

1405 (17.65)

458 (5.8)

36

10 491 (65.3)

4104 (25.5)

1058 (6.58)

419 (2.6)

37

34 552 (87.3)

3697 (9.3)

947 (2.39)

389 (1.0)

38

98 188 (93.3)

5338 (5.1)

1299 (1.23)

467 (0.4)

39

183 445 (95.3)

6753 (3.5)

1663 (0.86)

565 (0.3)

40

186 030 (95.6)

6304 (3.2)

1730 (0.89)

618 (0.3)

41

119 413 (94.8)

4795 (3.8)

1285 (1.02)

449 (0.4)

42

5352 (94.1)

222 (3.9)

86 (1.51)

28 (0.5)

43

208 (91.6)

13 (5.7)

2 (0.88)

4 (1.8)

Total

640 682 (92.0)

38 015 (5.5)

12 945 (1.9)

5056 (0.7)

  1. p (Somer’s D) < 0.001 significant trend for the level of neonatal care according to gestational age