Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01a-Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have birthweight recorded, December 2020

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 who have birthweight recorded, December 2020
METEOR identifier:	739294
Registration status:	Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021
Description:	Number of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded at the primary health-care organisation.
Rationale:	Low birthweight (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 birthweight is a particular issue for Indigenous Australians. Recording birthweight encourages the provision of appropriate care to limit the negative associations of low birthweight.
Indicator set:	Indigenous-specific primary health care national key performance indicators December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Collection and usage attributes
Computation description:	Count of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birthweight has been recorded at the primary health-care organisation. Presented as a number. Birthweight 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 organisation that are known by the organisation are included in the calculation of this indicator. '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 birthweight has been recorded at the primary health-care organisation.
Numerator data elements:	Data Element / Data Set Person—Indigenous status, code N Data Source Indigenous-specific primary health care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Guide for use The baby is considered Indigenous if one or both parents identify as Indigenous. Data Element / Data Set Product of birth—birth status, code N Data Source Indigenous-specific primary health care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Guide for use Only live births are included. Data Element / Data Set Person—birthweight recorded indicator, yes/no code N Data Source Indigenous-specific primary health care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020
Comments:	Census date for reporting is 31 December 2020.
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-specific primary health care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) 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 birthweight has been recorded, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 See also Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI01b-Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months who have birthweight recorded, December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021