title: Survival and morbidity in a geographically defined population of low birthweight infants.
abstract: Rates of survival and of neurological impairment in a geographically defined population of low birthweight infants born during 1979-1981 were determined by tracing infants and assessing survivors at pre-school age. Comparison with data from similar studies relating to earlier years shows that the proportion of low birthweight infants who survive with no major impairment has increased significantly; the risk of surviving with an impairment has not altered sufficiently for a significant difference to be apparent from these comparisons.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Pharoah
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors