Female—parity, total N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Parity |
METEOR identifier: | 302013 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 07/03/2014 |
Definition: | The total number of previous pregnancies experienced by the woman that have resulted in a live birth or a stillbirth. |
Data Element Concept: | Female—parity |
Value Domain: | Total pregnancies N[N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This is to be recorded for each pregnancy. This data element includes live births and stillbirths of 20 weeks gestation or 400 grams birthweight. This data element excludes:
A primigravida (a woman pregnant for the first time) has a parity of 0. |
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Collection methods: | A pregnancy with multiple fetuses is counted as one pregnancy. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Female—parity, total pregnancies N[N] Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03-Episiotomy for women giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016 National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05-Induction of labour for selected women giving birth for the first time (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016 National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06-Caesarean section for selected women giving birth for the first time (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016 National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07-Normal (non-instrumental) vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016 National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08-Instrumental vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016
Used as Denominator
National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03-Episiotomy for women giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016 National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06-Caesarean section for selected women giving birth for the first time (2013) Health, Superseded 02/02/2016 |