Person—age at onset of disability, total years N[NN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Age at onset of disability |
| Synonymous names: | Onset of disability |
| METEOR identifier: | 490104 |
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| Definition: | The age at which a person first experiences an impairment, activity limitation or participation restriction, represented as total years. |
| Context: | The onset of disability may indicate a current or future need for assistance. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—age at onset of disability |
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Representational attributes | |||||
| Representation class: | Total | ||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||
| Format: | N[NN] | ||||
| Maximum character length: | 3 | ||||
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| Unit of measure: | Year | ||||
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| Guide for use: | This data element relates to the age of onset of an impairment, activity limitation or participation restriction (including present at birth), which may be different from the age that a person needs assistance because of that impairment, limitation, or restriction. The onset of disability may be later than the first appearance of a health condition that eventually results in disability. | ||||
| Collection methods: | Count age in completed years. If onset of disability occurs before the second birthday, record age in months (see the data element Person—age at onset of disability, total months N[N]). | ||||
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