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Birth order

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Property
METeOR identifier:269038
Registration status:Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:The sequence number in the multiple birth.
Context:

National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) Perinatal:

Required to analyse pregnancy outcome according to birth order and identify the individual baby resulting from a multiple birth pregnancy. Multiple births have higher risks of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Multiple birth pregnancies are often associated with obstetric complications, labour and delivery complications, higher rates of neonatal morbidity, low birthweight, and a higher perinatal death rate.

Data Set Specification (DSS) - Health care client identification:

While this piece of information is normally recorded for multiple births against the mother's record, if the health care client volunteers the information, it should be recorded.

Property group:Birth event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:AS5017 Health Care Client Identification

Relational attributes

Data Element Concepts implementing this property:

Birth—birth order Health, Standard 01/03/2005

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