Birth event—birth plurality

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METEOR identifier:	269433
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018
Definition:	The number of babies resulting from a single pregnancy.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Birth event
Definition:	The sequence of actions by which a baby and the afterbirth (placenta) are expelled or extracted from the uterus at childbirth. The process usually starts spontaneously about 280 days after conception with onset of labour, but it may be started by artificial means.
Specialisation of:	Life event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	University of Oxford 2002. Concise Colour Medical Dictionary 3rd ed. UK: Oxford University Press

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Birth plurality
Definition:	An indicator of multiple birth, showing the total number of births resulting from a single pregnancy.
Context:	National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) Perinatal: Multiple pregnancy increases the risk of complications during pregnancy, labour and delivery and is associated with higher risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. 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

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Birth event—birth plurality Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019 Has been superseded by Female (pregnant)—pregnancy plurality Health, Recorded 19/09/2007
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Birth event—birth plurality, code N Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018 Birth event—birth plurality, code N Health, Superseded 07/03/2014