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Birth event

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termObject Class
METEOR identifier:Help on this term684797
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 12/12/2018
Definition:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:Help on this term

University of Oxford 2002. Concise Colour Medical Dictionary 3rd edn. UK: Oxford University Press.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
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  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018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:Help on this term
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  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020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  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020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  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020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
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