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Monday, February 21, 2005

Did you know -

700,000 babies are born in the UK each year

7% of all babies are born prematurely in the UK

100 babies are born in too small or too soon in the UK each day

1 in 10 babies (10% or 70,000) need some kind of special care after birth

1 in 40 babies (2.5% or 17,500) will need some level of intensive care after birth

The UK has the highest rate of premature birth in Europe, nearly 40,000 babies each year

There are three levels of neonatal care - Special Care, High Dependency Care and Intensive care

20 years ago, only 20% of babies weighing less than 1000 gms survived, now about 80% survive

Over 2500 babies are born extremely premature every year in the UK at less than 28 weeks gestation

More than 10,000 babies are born in the UK each year that are low birth weight at less than 2,500 gms

Nearly 2000 babies are born in the UK each year that are extremely low birth weight at less than 1,000 gms

Depending on their condition, babies can spend as little as a day or longer than 6 months in the neonatal unit

Babies born as early as 23 weeks, weighing less than half a bag of sugar, can grow up to be happy & healthy!

Babies born at 23 weeks have a 17 per cent chance of survival

Babies born at 24 weeks have a 39 per cent chance of survival

Babies born at 25 weeks have a 50 per cent chance of survival

The cost of providing intensive care for a newborn baby is up to £1,000 per day

98% of all baby deaths in the world, occur in less developed countries

The mortality rate for babies born in sub-Saharan Africa is over 12 times that of the UK

posted by Cath @ 9:59 AM

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