Person—estimated age, total years NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Estimated age |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 696623 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Recorded 25/05/2018 |
Definition:![]() | The estimated age of a person in completed years at a specific point in time. |
Context:![]() | Age is a core data element in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics. It is used in the analyses of service utilisation by age group and can be used as an assistance eligibility criterion. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—estimated age |
Value Domain:![]() | Total years NN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Total | |
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Data type:![]() | String | |
Format:![]() | NN | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 2 | |
Unit of measure:![]() | Year |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | For use where date of birth is unknown. |
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Collection methods:![]() | Although collection of date of birth allows more precise calculation of age, this may not be feasible in some data collections, and alternative questions are: What was ....... age last birthday? What is .......... age in complete years? |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | See also Person—date of birth, prisoner health DDMMYYYY Health!, Qualified 25/05/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Prison clinic contact NBEDS Health!, Recorded 25/05/2018 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the date of birth being unknown. DSS specific information: The prisoner must be between 18 and 99 years of age. Prison dischargee NBEDS Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 Conditional obligation: Age should be estimated where date of birth is unknown, otherwise this field should be blank. DSS specific information: The prisoner must be between 18 and 99 years of age. Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS Health!, Recorded 25/05/2018 Conditional obligation: To be completed where Date of birth is unknown. DSS specific information: The prisoner must be between 18 and 99 years of age. |