Birth—birth weight

Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METeOR identifier:	269455
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:	The first weight of the live-born or stillborn baby obtained after birth, or the weight of the neonate or infant on the date admitted if this is different from the date of birth.
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class:	Birth
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
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Property:	Birth weight
Definition:	The weight of a newborn as recorded at birth.
Property group:	Physical characteristics
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Birth—birth weight, code N Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Birth—birth weight, total grams NNNN Health, Standard 01/03/2005

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