Birth

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METeOR identifier:	268999
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:	The complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception of at least 20 weeks of gestation or of 400 g or more birthweight, where the product can be liveborn or stillborn.
Context:	Perinatal
Specialisation of:	Person/group of persons
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australia Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Birth—Apgar score Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Birth—Apgar score Health, Standard 07/12/2005 Birth—birth order Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Birth—birth status Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Birth—birth weight Health, Standard 01/03/2005