Female—parity, total pregnancies N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termParity
METEOR identifier:Help on this term501710
Registration status:Help on this term
Definition:Help on this term

The total number of previous pregnancies experienced by the woman that have resulted in a live birth or a stillbirth.

Context:Help on this term

Perinatal statistics.

Data Element Concept:Female—parity

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[N]
Maximum character length:Help on this term2
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
99Not stated
Unit of measure:Help on this termPregnancy

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

To calculate parity, count all previous pregnancies that resulted in a live birth or a stillbirth of at least 20 weeks gestation or at least 400 grams birthweight. Excluded from the count are:

  • the current pregnancy
  • pregnancies resulting in spontaneous or induced abortions before 20 weeks gestation
  • ectopic pregnancies.

A primipara (a woman giving birth for the first time) has a parity of 0.

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A pregnancy with multiple fetuses is counted as one pregnancy.

Comments:Help on this term

The number of previous pregnancies that resulted in a birth is an important component of the woman's reproductive history. Parity may be a risk factor for adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Perinatal Data Development Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Female—parity, total N[N]
  • Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
Has been superseded by Female—parity, total pregnancies N[N]
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Perinatal NMDS 2014-18Health, Superseded 02/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Perinatal NMDS 2018-19ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Tasmanian Perinatal Data Set - 2016Tasmanian Health, Standard 30/01/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Tasmanian Perinatal Data Set - 2019Tasmanian Health, Superseded 23/06/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation: Caesarean section for selected women giving birth for the first time, 2012-2014Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 07/06/2017

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03–Episiotomy for females giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03–Episiotomy for females giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03–Episiotomy for females giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03—Episiotomy for women giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05–Induction of labour for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05–Induction of labour for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05–Induction of labour for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05—Induction of labour for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06–Caesarean section for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06–Caesarean section for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06–Caesarean section for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06—Caesarean section for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07–Non-instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07–Non-instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07–Non-instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07—Normal (non-instrumental) vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08–Instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08–Instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08–Instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08—Instrumental vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13—Third and fourth degree tears for (a) all vaginal first births and (b) all vaginal births (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13–Third and fourth degree tears for vaginal births, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13–Third and fourth degree tears for vaginal births, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13–Third and fourth degree tears for vaginal births, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15–Females having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15–Females having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15–Females having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15—Women having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

Used as Denomirator

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03–Episiotomy for females giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03–Episiotomy for females giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03–Episiotomy for females giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 03—Episiotomy for women giving birth for the first time and giving birth vaginally (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05–Induction of labour for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05–Induction of labour for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 05–Induction of labour for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

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 05—Induction of labour for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06–Caesarean section for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06–Caesarean section for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06–Caesarean section for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 06—Caesarean section for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07–Non-instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07–Non-instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07–Non-instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 07—Normal (non-instrumental) vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08–Instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08–Instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08–Instrumental vaginal birth for selected females giving birth for the first time, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 08—Instrumental vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13—Third and fourth degree tears for (a) all vaginal first births and (b) all vaginal births (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13–Third and fourth degree tears for vaginal births, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13–Third and fourth degree tears for vaginal births, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 13–Third and fourth degree tears for vaginal births, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15–Females having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15–Females having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section, 2019Health, Superseded 16/09/2020

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15–Females having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section, 2020Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 15—Women having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section (2016)Health, Superseded 06/09/2018