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Definition

The total number of previous pregnancies experienced by the woman that have resulted in a live birth or a stillbirth.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total pregnancies N[N] ".
Data Type Number
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Supplementary Values 99 Not stated

Comments

Guide for use:

This is to be recorded for each pregnancy.

This data element includes live births and stillbirths of 20 weeks gestation or 400 grams birthweight.

This data element excludes:

  • the current pregnancy;
  • pregnancies resulting in spontaneous or induced abortions before 20 weeks gestation; and
  • ectopic pregnancies.

A primigravida (a woman pregnant for the first time) has a parity of 0.

References

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 5
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0