Birth order code N

Metadata item type:

Value Domain

METeOR identifier:

270586

Registration status:

Health, Standard 01/03/2005

Definition:

A code set representing a baby's order in a multiple birth or its singleton status.

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Singleton or first of a multiple birth
2	Second of a multiple birth
3	Third of a multiple birth
4	Fourth of a multiple birth
5	Fifth of a multiple birth
6	Sixth of a multiple birth
8	Other

Supplementary values:

9	Not stated

Data elements implementing this value domain:

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