Person—sex, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Technical name:	Person—sex, code N
Synonymous names:	Sex
METEOR identifier:	270263
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Superseded 31/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005

Data element concept attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Data element concept:

Person—sex

METEOR identifier:

269716

Registration status:

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
Health, Superseded 11/05/2017
Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/01/2018
WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022

Definition:

Sex is the biological distinction between male and female. Where there is an inconsistency between anatomical and chromosomal characteristics, sex is based on anatomical characteristics.

Context:

Sex is a core metadata item in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics.

Object class:

Person

Property:

Sex

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain:

Sex code N

METEOR identifier:

270807

Registration status:

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
Health, Superseded 11/05/2017
Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022

Definition:

A code set representing the biological distinction between male, female and intersex.

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Male
2	Female
3	Intersex or indeterminate

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Diagnosis and procedure codes should be checked against the national ICD-10-AM sex edits, unless the person is undergoing, or has undergone a sex change or has a genetic condition resulting in a conflict between sex and ICD-10-AM code.

CODE 3 Intersex or indeterminate

Intersex or indeterminate, refers to a person, who because of a genetic condition, was born with reproductive organs or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female or whose sex has not yet been determined for whatever reason.

Intersex or indeterminate, should be confirmed if reported for people aged 90 days or greater.

Comments:

The definition for Intersex in Guide for use is sourced from the ACT Legislation (Gay, Lesbian and Transgender) Amendment Act 2003.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:

Australian Capital Territory 2003. Legislation (Gay, Lesbian and Transgender) Amendment Act 2003

Reference documents:

Legislation (Gay, Lesbian and Transgender) Amendment Act 2003. See http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2003-14/20030328-4969/pdf/2003-14.pdf.

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Origin:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database 1997/98 AIHW 2001 National Diabetes Register, Statistical Profile, December 2000 (Diabetes Series No. 2.)