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National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 04–Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes for births at or after term, 2021

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Common name:Help on this term

Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes for births at or after term

Short name:Help on this termPI 04–Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes for births at or after term, 2021
METEOR identifier:Help on this term747730
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Description:Help on this term

The proportion of live born babies at or after term (from 37 completed weeks gestational age) with an Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes after birth.

Rationale:Help on this term

This indicator of the condition of the baby after birth provides an outcome measure of intrapartum care and newborn resuscitation.

Indicator set:Help on this termNational Core Maternity Indicators, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

The number of live born babies at or after term (from 37 completed weeks gestational age) with an Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes, divided by the number of live born babies born at or after term (from 37 completed weeks gestational age), and multiplied by 100.

A birth is defined as the complete expulsion or extraction from a female, of a product of conception of 20 or more completed weeks of gestation or of 400 grams or more birthweight. If the baby is alive the birth is a live birth. If the baby is not alive the birth is a stillbirth.

Gestational age is a clinical measure of the duration of the pregnancy. For the National Perinatal Data Collection gestational age is reported as completed weeks. Term is defined as gestational age between 37 and 41 weeks.

Births included are live born babies born at or after term.

Births excluded are stillbirths and babies born before term (before 37 weeks).

Computation:Help on this term

100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Numerator:Help on this term

The number of live born babies at or after term (from 37 completed weeks gestational age) with an Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Product of birth—Apgar score at 5 minutes, code NN

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Product of conception—gestational age, total completed weeks N[N]

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Product of birth—birth status, code N

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Denominator:Help on this term

The number of live born babies born at or after term (from 37 completed weeks gestational age).

Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Product of conception—gestational age, total completed weeks N[N]

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Product of birth—birth status, code N

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Disaggregation:Help on this term
  • Year of birth
  • State or territory of birth
  • Mother's age at birth
  • Hospital annual number of births
  • Indigenous status of mother
  • Labour/non-labour
  • Hospital sector
  • Primary Health Network (from mother's area of usual residence)
  • Statistical local area 3 (from mother's area of usual residence)
Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Hospital annual number of births

Data Source

AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Hospital sector

Data Source

AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC)

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Birth event—labour onset type, code N

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Birth event—state/territory of birth, code N

Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

NMDS / DSS

Perinatal NMDS 2019–20

Guide for use

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Comments:Help on this term

Data elements are from the Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) or have been provided as voluntary non-standardised items by the states and territories. Records with a permissible value have been included in the denominator.

The Apgar score is a system of assessing the baby’s breathing, pulse, colour, movement and reflexes at 5 minutes after birth. It is a score out of 10, with higher scores indicating better condition of the baby. A score of less than 7 at 5 minutes after birth is considered to be an indicator of complications and of compromise for the baby.

Modified from Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) Indicator 9.1: Low 5 minute score, full term babies. This ACHS indicator is based on the definition by the Women's Healthcare Australasia Core Maternity Indicators Project (WHA 2007).

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termPercentage
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this term

N[NN.N]

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

Perinatal National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data Source

AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC)

Frequency

Calendar years ending 31 December each year

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

ACHS (The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards) 2020. The Australasian Clinical Indicator Report: 2012-2019. 21st edn. Sydney: ACHS. Viewed 11 November 2021, https://www.achs.org.au/our-services/pos/previous-acir-publications.

WHA (Women's Healthcare Australasia) 2007. Supporting excellence in maternity care: the core maternity indicators project: findings from the core maternity indicators project. Canberra: WHA.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes National Core Maternity Indicators: PI 04–Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes for births at or after term, 2020
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
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