Indigenous primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2015-2017

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator
Indicator type:	Output measure
Short name:	PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2015-2017
METEOR identifier:	686339
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018
Description:	Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service.
Rationale:	Low birth weight (newborn babies weighing less than 2,500 grams) is associated with an increased risk of ill health and is related to higher mortality within the first year of life. Low birth weight is a particular issue for Indigenous Australians. Recording birth weight encourages the provision of appropriate care to limit the negative associations of low birth weight.
Indicator set:	Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015-2017) Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Collection and usage attributes
Computation description:	Count of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service. Birth weight is defined as the first weight of a baby obtained after birth. Only live births are included. Results arising from measurements conducted outside of the service, that are known by the service, are included in the calculation of this indicator. Presented as a number. 'Previous 12 months' refers to the previous financial year or previous calendar year.
Computation:	Numerator only.
Numerator:	Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded at the primary health care service.
Numerator data elements:	Data Element / Data Set Data Element Birth—birth status, code N Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Guide for use Only live births are included. Data Element / Data Set Data Element Person—birth weight recorded indicator, yes/no code N Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Data Element / Data Set Data Element Person—Indigenous status, code N Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Guide for use The baby is considered Indigenous if one or both parents identify as Indigenous. The implementation start date for this data element in the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017-18 is 1 December 2017.
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Count
Data type:	Real
Unit of measure:	Person
Format:	N[N(6)]
Indicator conceptual framework
Framework and dimensions:	Health Conditions
Data source attributes
Data sources:	Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection Frequency 6 monthly Data custodian Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australian Government Department of Health
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 See also Indigenous primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

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