Person (name)—given name sequence number, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Given name sequence number
METEOR identifier:	287595
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Definition:	The numerical order of the given names or initials of a person, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person (name)—given name sequence number

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	First given name
2	Second given name
3	Third given name
4	Fourth given name
5	Fifth given name
6	Sixth given name
7	Seventh given name
8	Eighth given name
9	Ninth and subsequent given name

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

To be used in conjunction with Given name.
Example: Mary Georgina Smith

In the example above 'Mary' would have a given name sequence number of 1 and 'Georgina' would have a given name sequence number of 2.

Example: Jean Claude Marcel Moreaux

If the person has recorded a single given name as more than one word, displaying spaces in between the words(e.g. Jean Claude), their given names are recorded in data collection systems in the same way (i.e. Jean Claude is one given name and Marcel is another given name). ‘Jean Claude’ would have a Given name sequence number of ‘1’ and ‘Marcel’ would have a Given name sequence number of ‘2’.