National Healthcare Agreement: PI 01-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2013
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Progress measure |
| Short name: | PI 01-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2013 |
| METEOR identifier: | 498209 |
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| Description: | The incidence of low birthweight among liveborn singleton babies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and other mothers. |
| Indicator set: | National Healthcare Agreement (2013) Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 |
| Outcome area: | Prevention Health, Standard 07/07/2010 |
| Quality statement: | National Healthcare Agreement: PI 01-Proportion of babies born with low birth weight, 2013 QS Health, Superseded 14/01/2015 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Low birthweight is defined as less than 2,500 grams. Excludes multiple births and stillbirths. Analysis by state/territory, remoteness and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of the mother. Data excludes Australian non-residents, residents of external territories and records where state/territory of residence was not stated. Variability bands are to be calculated for single-year and aggregate years data by state and territory using the method below. Presented as a:
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| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Variability bands: to be calculated using the standard method for estimating 95% confidence intervals as follows: Crude rate
Where d=the number of low birth weight live-born singleton infants. |
| Numerator: | Number of low birthweight liveborn singleton infants. |
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| Denominator: | Number of liveborn singleton infants. |
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| Disaggregation: | 2010—Nationally by:
2010—State and territory, by:
2008–2010—State and territory, by:
Disaggregation by Indigenous status is recommended to be reported using three-year combined data for the current reporting period due to the small number of low birth weight infants born to Indigenous mothers each year. Single year data (2010) will be reported for time-series (state/territory by Indigenous status). |
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| Comments: | Most recent data available for 2013 Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council (CRC) report: 2010 (calendar year data). Indigenous: Aggregated data (2008 to 2010) will be reported for the current reporting period (state and territory). Single year data (2010) will be reported for time-series (state and territory). Information is included in the National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC) for all live births and still births of at least 400 grams birthweight or at least 20 weeks gestation. Indigenous status of infants is currently only available based on the Indigenous status of the mother. For further detailed analysis by Indigenous status see the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) report. |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Percentage |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
| Format: | N[NN.NN] |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Community and socioeconomic |
Data source attributes | |
| Data sources: | AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC) Frequency Calendar years ending 31 December each year Data custodian Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Accountability attributes | |
| Reporting requirements: | National Healthcare Agreement |
| Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Final, the measure meets the intention of the indicator. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: PI 01-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2012
Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 01-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 07-Infant and young child mortality rate, 2013
See also National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 07-Proportion of babies born of low birth weight, 2014
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