Table 1

Observed rates of severe IVH for 24 NICUs, and shrunken rates, unadjusted and adjusted for all five predictor variables in ascending order of observed rate of severe IVH

Shrunken, not adjusted for predictorsShrunken and adjusted for 5 predictors
NICUSevere IVHTotal no infantsObserved IVH rate (%)Rate (%)OrderRate (%)Order
172422.894.5524.152
2154993.014.0013.791
3142635.325.9335.694
471275.516.2865.323
5111995.536.1446.6810
6122155.586.1556.499
7223586.156.3776.398
8111726.406.6296.246
9213276.426.5786.377
10111606.886.85106.7811
11111557.106.96117.4317
12263647.147.04127.0913
13283907.187.07137.2916
14212897.277.10147.1515
15233147.327.15157.1514
16141847.617.23176.9512
17344327.877.57197.5719
18121498.057.39187.6320
196748.117.21165.745
20131359.638.05207.8321
211413810.148.29217.5218
22108811.368.34228.0322
2395516.369.10238.9323
24188421.4311.552414.2024
Total37054136.84