Birth event

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METEOR identifier:	684797
Registration status:	Health, Standard 12/12/2018
Definition:	The sequence of actions by which a baby and the placenta are expelled or extracted from the female's uterus at childbirth. The process usually starts spontaneously about 280 days after conception with onset of labour, but it may be started by artificial means. The process ends upon complete expulsion or extraction of the baby and the placenta.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	University of Oxford 2002. Concise Colour Medical Dictionary 3rd edn. UK: Oxford University Press.

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Birth event ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Birth event—actual setting of birth Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—additional indication for caesarean section Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—additional indication for induction of labour Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Birth event—analgesia administered indicator Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Birth event—analgesia administered indicator Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—birth method Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—birth presentation Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—intended setting of birth Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—labour induction method Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—labour onset type Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—main indication for caesarean section Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—main indication for induction of labour Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—state/territory of birth Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of analgesia administered Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of analgesia administered Health, Superseded 03/12/2020