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Surviving infants were followed until discharge or to the age corresponding with 40 GWs. National ELBW infant register data with 101 prenatal and postnatal variables were used to calculate the mortality and morbidity rates. A total of 32 variables were included in risk factor analysis. The risk factors for death and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) of the live-born infants as well as for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and oxygen dependency of the surviving infants were analyzed using logistic regression models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 529 ELBW infants (.4% of all newborn infants) were born during the 2-year study. The perinatal mortality of ELBW infants was 55% and accounted for 39% of all perinatal deaths. Of all ELBW infants, 34% were stillborn, 21% died on days 0 through 6, and 3% on days 7 though 28. Neonatal mortality was 38% and postneonatal mortality was 2%. Of the infants who were alive at the age of 4 days, 88% survived. In infants surviving &amp;gt;12 hours, the overall incidence of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) was 76%; of blood culture-positive septicemia, 22%; of IVH grades II through IV, 20%; and of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) with bowel perforation, 9%. The rate of IVH grades II through IV and NEC with bowel perforation decreased with increasing gestational age, but the incidence of RDS did not differ significantly between GWs 24 to 29. A total of 5 infants (2%) needed a shunt operation because of posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Two hundred eleven ELBW infants (40% of all and 60% of live-born infants) survived until discharge or to the age corresponding with 40 GWs. The oxygen dependency rate at the age corresponding to 36 GWs was 39%, and 9% had ROP stage III-V. Neurological status was considered completely normal in 74% of the surviving infants. The proportions of infants born at 22 to 23, 24 to 25, 26 to 27, and 28 to 29 GWs with at least one disability (ROP, oxygen dependency, or abnormal neurological status) at the age corresponding to 36 GWs were 100%, 62%, 51%, and 45%, respectively. Birth weight &amp;lt;600 g and gestational age &amp;lt;25 GWs were the independent risks for death and short-term disability. The primary risk factor for IVH grades II through IV was RDS. Low 5-minute Apgar scores predicted poor prognosis, ie, death or IVH, and antenatal steroid treatment to mothers with threatening premature labor seemed to protect infants against these. Some differences were found in the mortality rates between the 5 university hospital districts: neonatal mortality was significantly lower (25% vs 44%) in one university hospital area and notably higher (53% vs 34%) in another area. Furthermore, significant differences were also found in morbidity, ie, oxygen dependency and ROP rates. Differences in perinatal (79% vs 45%) and neonatal (59% vs 32%) mortality rates were found between secondary and tertiary level hospitals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study shows that even with modern perinatal technology and care, intrauterine and early deaths of ELBW infants are common. The outcome of infants born at 22 to 23 GWs was unfavorable, but the prognosis improved rapidly with increasing maturity. The clear regional and hospital level differences detected in survival rates and in short-term outcome of ELBW infants emphasizes that the mortality and morbidity rates should be continuously followed and that differences should be evaluated in perinatal audit procedures. 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