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Pregnancy

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termObject Class
METEOR identifier:Help on this term268966
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016
  • WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014
Definition:Help on this termThe period during which a woman carries a developing fetus, normally in the uterus. Pregnancy lasts for approximately 266 days, from conception until the baby is born, or 280 days from the first day of the last menstrual period. During pregnancy menstruation is absent, there may be a great increase in appetite, and the breasts increase in size; the woman may also experience morning sickness. These and other changes brought about by a hormone (progesterone) produced at first by the ovary and later by the placenta. Definite evidence of pregnancy is provided by various pregnancy tests, by the detection of the heartbeat of the fetus, and by ultrasound.
Specialisation of:Help on this termLife event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralia Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:Help on this termUniversity of Oxford 2002. Concise Colour Medical Dictionary 3rd ed. UK: Oxford University Press

Relational attributes

Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:Help on this term
Pregnancy (current)—complication
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Pregnancy (last previous)—pregnancy completion date
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Pregnancy (last previous)—pregnancy outcome
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Pregnancy—abortion commenced date
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
Pregnancy—abortion method
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
Pregnancy—abortion reason
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
Pregnancy—birth plurality
  • Health, Standard 12/12/2018
  • Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019
Pregnancy—estimated duration
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
  • Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
Pregnancy—estimated duration of pregnancy at the first antenatal care visit
  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020
  • Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 03/07/2020
Pregnancy—estimated duration of pregnancy at the first antenatal care visit
  • Health, Standard 03/12/2020
  • Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021
Pregnancy—first day of the last menstrual period
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Pregnancy—primary reason for termination of pregnancy
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
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