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Birth event—birth plurality, code N

Definition

The number of babies resulting from a single pregnancy, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Birth event—birth plurality, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Birth plurality code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Singleton
2 Twins
3 Triplets
4 Quadruplets
5 Quintuplets
6 Sextuplets
8 Other
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated

Comments

Guide for use:
Plurality at birth is determined by the total number of live births and stillbirths that result from the pregnancy. Stillbirths, including those where the fetus was likely to have died before 20 weeks gestation, should be included in the count of plurality. To be included, they should be recognisable as a fetus and have been expelled or extracted with other products of conception when pregnancy ended at 20 or more weeks gestation.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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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 1
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0