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Birth event—actual setting of birth, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termActual place of birth
METEOR identifier:Help on this term732336
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 03/12/2020
Definition:Help on this term

The actual place where the birth event occurred, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

Perinatal

Data Element Concept:Birth event—actual setting of birth

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Hospital, excluding birth centre
2Birth centre, attached to hospital
3Birth centre, free standing
4Home
5Born before arrival
6Community, non-medical
8Other
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1     Hospital, excluding birth centre

Record for births occurring in a hospital, excluding birth centres.

CODE 2     Birth centre, attached to hospital

Record for births occurring in a birth centre that is attached to a hospital.

CODE 3     Birth centre, free standing

Record for births occurring in a free-standing birth centre that is not attached to a hospital.

CODE 4     Home

Reserved for births that occur at the home intended (planned home births) with a midwife or other medical professional in attendance.

CODE 5     Born before arrival

Record for births that occur before arrival at hospital or birth centre for planned hospital or birth centre births, or before the arrival of the homebirth midwife for planned home births.

CODE 6     Community, non-medical

Record for births that occur in the community, that are planned outside of a medical setting and without a midwife or other medical professional in attendance, for example, free births. This may include a home or other location in the community.

CODE 8     Other

Record for births that occur at a home other than that intended or at a community health centre. This excludes planned hospital, birth centre or home births.

CODE 9     Not stated/inadequately described

Record for births for which the birth setting is not stated or inadequately described.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The birth setting should be recorded for each baby that the mother delivers from the pregnancy.

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 Birth event—actual setting of birth, code N
  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020
See also Birth event—intended setting of birth, code N
  • Health, Standard 03/12/2020
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Perinatal NMDS 2021–22Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022

DSS specific information:

Used to analyse the risk factors and outcomes by place of birth. While most births occur within hospitals, an increasing number of births now occur in other settings. It is important to monitor the births occurring outside hospitals and to ascertain whether or not the actual place of birth was planned.

If a jurisdiction is unable to record this data element for each baby in a multiple birth then the place of birth of the first-born baby should be recorded.


Perinatal NMDS 2022–23Health, Standard 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023

DSS specific information:

Used to analyse the risk factors and outcomes by place of birth. While most births occur within hospitals, an increasing number of births now occur in other settings. It is important to monitor the births occurring outside hospitals and to ascertain whether or not the actual place of birth was planned.

If a jurisdiction is unable to record this data element for each baby in a multiple birth then the place of birth of the first-born baby should be recorded.


Perinatal NMDS 2023–24Health, Recorded 26/07/2022

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2023

Implementation end date: 30/06/2024

DSS specific information:

Used to analyse the risk factors and outcomes by place of birth. While most births occur within hospitals, an increasing number of births now occur in other settings. It is important to monitor the births occurring outside hospitals and to ascertain whether or not the actual place of birth was planned.

If a jurisdiction is unable to record this data element for each baby in a multiple birth then the place of birth of the first-born baby should be recorded.


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