Low birth weight (LBW) and infant mortality (IM) in three time periods (2005–2007/2008–2010/2012–2015), by country and according to the level of austerity in tertiles (low, intermediate and high)
Level of austerity | Perinatal outcomes | |||||
LBW (%) | IM (‰) | |||||
2005–2007 | 2008–2010 | 2012–2015 | 2005–2007 | 2008–2010 | 2012–2015 | |
Low | ||||||
Denmark | 5.30 | 5.30 | 5.25 | 3.96 | 3.50 | 3.65 |
Finland | 4.23 | 4.23 | 4.15 | 2.83 | 2.50 | 2.02 |
Germany | 6.83 | 6.86 | 6.75 | 3.90 | 3.46 | 3.27 |
Norway | 4.98 | 5.20 | 4.62 | 3.13 | 2.86 | 2.40 |
Sweden | 4.20 | 4.26 | 4.35 | 2.56 | 2.50 | 2.50 |
Total | 5.10 | 5.17 | 5.02 | 3.28 | 2.96 | 2.76 |
Intermediate | ||||||
Austria | 7.03 | 7.06 | 6.67 | 3.83 | 3.80 | 3.10 |
Belgium | 6.96 | 6.93 | 6.90 | 3.90 | 3.63 | 3.50 |
France | 6.65 | 6.73 | 6.33 | 3.80 | 3.76 | 3.57 |
Italy | 6.76 | 7.10 | 7.35 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 2.87 |
Netherlands | 6.76 | 5.83 | 5.80 | 4.46 | 3.80 | 3.80 |
Total | 6.83 | 6.73 | 6.81 | 3.84 | 3.61 | 3.32 |
High | ||||||
Greece | 8.86 | 9.33 | 9.32 | 3.66 | 3.20 | 3.60 |
Iceland | 3.90 | 3.83 | 4.10 | 1.90 | 2.16 | 1.80 |
Ireland | 4.93 | 5.00 | 5.55 | 3.63 | 3.43 | 3.42 |
Portugal | 7.63 | 8.06 | 8.70 | 3.40 | 3.13 | 3.02 |
Spain | 7.33 | 7.70 | 7.80 | 3.53 | 3.23 | 2.85 |
UK | 7.36 | 7.03 | 6.95 | 4.90 | 4.43 | 3.92 |
Total | 6.66 | 6.82 | 7.07 | 3.5 | 3.26 | 3.1 |