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Table 2 Total preterm births in the ten perinatal centers (singleton + multiples), per year

From: Association between COVID-19 lockdown measures and the incidence of iatrogenic versus spontaneous very preterm births in the Netherlands: a retrospective study

All births (singleton + multiples)

Cohort 2015

Cohort 2016

Cohort 2017

Cohort 2018

Cohort 2020

N = 26,437

N = 27,504

N = 26,780

N = 26,605

N = 26,924

Total PTB < 32 weeks, no (‰)

234 (8.9)

241 (8.7)

240 (9.0)

227 (8.5)

200 (7.4)

Spontaneous PTB < 32 weeks, no (‰)

128 (4.8)

141 (5.1)

144 (5.4)

120 (4.5)

141 (5.2)

Iatrogenic PTB < 32 weeks, no (‰)

106 (4.0)

100 (3.6)

96 (3.6)

107 (4.0)

59 (2.2)

Total PTB < 28 weeks, no (‰)

65 (2.5)

64 (2.3)

81 (3.0)

75 (2.8)

76 (2.8)

Spontaneous PTB < 28 weeks, no (‰)

39 (1.5)

40 (1.5)

55 (2.1)

45 (1.7)

63 (2.3)

Iatrogenic PTB < 28 weeks, no (‰)

26 (1.0)

24 (0.9)

26 (1.0)

30 (1.1)

13 (0.5)

  1. PTB preterm birth