Birth—birth status, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Status of the baby |
METEOR identifier: | 269949 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 12/12/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 |
Definition: | The status of the baby at birth, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Birth—birth status |
Value Domain: | Birth status code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered liveborn (WHO, 1992 definition). Stillbirth is a fetal death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception of 20 or more completed weeks of gestation or of 400 g or more birthweight; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. (This is the same as the WHO definition of fetal death, except that there are no limits of gestational age or birthweight for the WHO definition.) |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | WHO (World Health Organization) 1992. International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Vol 1. Geneva: WHO. |
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