Person—date of birth, MMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Data Element
Short name:Month and year of birth
METeOR identifier:375191
Registration status:Health, Standard 10/12/2009
Definition:The month and year of birth of the person.
Data Element Concept:Person—date of birth

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Date
Data type:Date/Time
Format:MMYYYY
Maximum character length:6

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

In some collections data may be reported in DDMMYYYY format. Agencies providing data to other agencies may choose to provide the abbreviated version (MMYYYY) to protect the privacy of respondents.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:

National Health Data Committee

National Community Services Data Committee

Reference documents:

AS5017 Health Care Client Identification, 2002, Sydney: Standards Australia

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

See also Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA Community Services, Standard 30/09/2005, Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010, Health, Standard 04/05/2005, Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010, Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010

See also Date—estimate indicator, code N Community Services, Standard 27/04/2007, Tasmanian Health, Draft 23/07/2012

See also Person—age, total years N[NN] Community Services, Standard 29/04/2006, Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006, Health, Standard 08/02/2006, Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010, Tasmanian Health, Draft 23/07/2012, WA Health, Draft 23/08/2012

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