Female—number of previous pregnancies (live birth), total NN
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Previous pregnancies—live birth |
| METEOR identifier: | 269931 |
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| Definition: | The total number of previous pregnancies of a female resulting in live birth. |
| Data Element Concept: | Female—number of previous pregnancies |
Value domain attributes | |||||
Representational attributes | |||||
| Representation class: | Total | ||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||
| Format: | N[N] | ||||
| Maximum character length: | 2 | ||||
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| Unit of measure: | Pregnancy | ||||
Data element attributes | |||||
Collection and usage attributes | |||||
| Guide for use: | A pregnancy resulting in multiple births should be counted as once pregnancy. In multiple pregnancies with more than one type of outcome, the pregnancies should be recorded in the following order:
Where the outcome was one stillbirth and one live birth, count as stillbirth. If a previous pregnancy was a hydatidiform mole, code as spontaneous or induced abortion (or rarely, ectopic pregnancy), depending on the outcome. | ||||
| Comments: | The number of previous pregnancies is an important component of the woman's reproductive history. Parity may be a risk factor for adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. | ||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||
| Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee | ||||
Relational attributes | |||||
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Previous pregnancies, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.1 KB) No registration status | ||||