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Birthweight

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term733258
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 03/12/2020

Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/12/2021

Definition:Help on this term

The first weight of a live born or stillborn baby obtained after birth. The World Health Organization further defines the following categories:

  • extremely low birthweight: less than 1,000 grams (up to and including 999 grams),
  • very low birthweight: less than 1,500 grams (up to and including 1,499 grams),
  • low birthweight: less than 2,500 grams (up to and including 2,499 grams).
Context:Help on this term

Perinatal

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

The definitions of low, very low, and extremely low birthweight do not constitute mutually exclusive categories. Below the set limits they are all-inclusive and therefore overlap (i.e. low includes very low and extremely low, while very low includes extremely low).

For live births, birthweight should preferably be measured within the first hour of life before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. While statistical tabulations include 500 gram groupings for birthweight, weights should not be recorded in those groupings. The actual weight should be recorded to the degree of accuracy to which it is measured.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Perinatal Data Development Committee

Reference documents:Help on this term

World Health Organization 2004. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10), 2nd edn. Geneva: World Health Organization.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Birthweight

        Health, Superseded 03/12/2020

        Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

        Tasmanian Health, Superseded 24/03/2023

See also Birthweight

        Health, Superseded 03/12/2020

        Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 03/07/2020

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Birth status code N

        Health, Standard 03/12/2020

        Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Birthweight recorded indicator

        Health, Standard 12/12/2018

        Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 12/06/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2022

        Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 06/11/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2022

        Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, December 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 12/06/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, December 2022

        Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, June 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 06/11/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, June 2022

        Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, December 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 12/06/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, December 2022

        Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, June 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 06/11/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have birthweight recorded, June 2022

        Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, December 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 12/06/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, December 2022

        Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, June 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 06/11/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, June 2022

        Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, December 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 12/06/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, December 2022

        Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, June 2021

        Indigenous, Superseded 06/11/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI02b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who attended the organisation more than once, and who have a birthweight result within a specified category, June 2022

        Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023

Perinatal NBEDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Perinatal NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

Perinatal NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

Perinatal NMDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Perinatal NMDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

Perinatal NMDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

Person—birthweight recorded indicator

        Health, Standard 12/12/2018

        Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019

Person—birthweight recorded indicator, yes/no code N

        Health, Standard 12/12/2018

        Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019

Product of birth—birth order, code N

        Health, Standard 03/12/2020

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/03/2023

Product of birth—birthweight, code N

        Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Product of birth—birthweight, total grams N[NNN]

        Health, Standard 03/12/2020

        Indigenous, Standard 12/06/2023

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