Female—number of previous pregnancies (live birth), total NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Previous pregnancies—live birth |
METEOR identifier: | 269931 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The total number of previous pregnancies of a female resulting in live birth. |
Data Element Concept: | Female—number of previous pregnancies |
Value Domain: | Total pregnancies N[N] |
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. |
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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Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from Previous pregnancies, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.1 KB) No registration status |