Birthweight
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 733258 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Standard 03/12/2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/12/2021 |
Definition:![]() | The first weight of a live born or stillborn baby obtained after birth. The World Health Organization further defines the following categories:
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Context:![]() | Perinatal |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments:![]() | The definitions of low, very low, and extremely low birthweight do not constitute mutually exclusive categories. Below the set limits they are all-inclusive and therefore overlap (i.e. low includes very low and extremely low, while very low includes extremely low). For live births, birthweight should preferably be measured within the first hour of life before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. While statistical tabulations include 500 gram groupings for birthweight, weights should not be recorded in those groupings. The actual weight should be recorded to the degree of accuracy to which it is measured. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
Reference documents:![]() | World Health Organization 2004. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10), 2nd edn. Geneva: World Health Organization. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Birthweight Health!, Superseded 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019 Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/06/2020 See also Birthweight Health!, Superseded 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 03/07/2020 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item:![]() | Perinatal NBEDS 2021–22 Health!, Superseded 17/12/2021 Perinatal NBEDS 2022–23 Health!, Standard 17/12/2021 Perinatal NMDS 2021–22 Health!, Superseded 17/12/2021 Perinatal NMDS 2022–23 Health!, Standard 17/12/2021 Person—birthweight recorded indicator, yes/no code N Health!, Standard 12/12/2018 Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019 Product of birth—birth order, code N Health!, Standard 03/12/2020 Product of birth—birthweight, code N Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021 Product of birth—birthweight, total grams N[NNN] Health!, Standard 03/12/2020 |