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Person (birth record)-birth order and total born (RBDM)

Identifying and Definitional Attributes

Identifier & Version

QH 042636 v1

Metadata Item Type

Data Element

Data Element Type

Data Element

Approval Status

Draft
11-Oct-2017

Approval Type

Standard

Approving Authority

Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health

Effective From

01-Jul-2016

Effective To

Definition

The birth order of the baby and total number of babies born, as recorded in the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM).

Context

Birth notifications in Queensland; Birth registrations in Queensland

Short Name

Baby's birth order and total born (RBDM)

Name in Other Contexts

Representational Attributes

Datatype

Numeric Character

Representation Class

Code

Format

N(4)

Minimum Character Length

Maximum Character Length

Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Code	Description
0101	Singleton
0102	First born of twins
0103	First born of triplets
0104	First born of quadruplets
0105	First born of quintuplets
0106	First born of sextuplets
0202	Second born of twins
0203	Second born of triplets
0204	Second born of quadruplets
0205	Second born of quintuplets
0206	Second born of sextuplets
0303	Third born of triplets
0304	Third born of quadruplets
0305	Third born of quintuplets
0306	Third born of sextuplets
0404	Fourth born of quadruplets
0405	Fourth born of quintuplets
0406	Fourth born of sextuplets
0505	Fifth born of quintuplets
0506	Fifth born of sextuplets
0606	Sixth born of sextuplets

Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

Collection and Usage Attributes

Guide for Use

New

Verification Rules

Collection Methods

Stillbirths are included. For example, if twins are born, and the first born was a live birth and the second born was a stillbirth, the live birth is recorded 0102 (first born of twins) and the stillbirth is recorded 0202 (second born of twins).

Examples of codes are included in Permissible Values.

Comments

Relational Attributes

Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

No Metadata Items

Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifer & Version	Obligation	Approval Status	Effective From	Effective To
Information Asset	Data Repository	Birth Notifications	QH 020225 Version 2	Mandatory	Current	01-Jul-2019
Information Asset	Data Repository	Birth Notifications	QH 020225 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-2016	30-Jun-2019
Data Supply Requirement	Other	Birth Notifications File Data Supply Requirement (DSR)	QH 020361 Version 1	Mandatory	Current	01-Jul-2016
Information Asset	Data Repository	Birth Registrations	QH 020226 Version 2	Mandatory	Current	01-Jul-2019
Information Asset	Data Repository	Birth Registrations	QH 020226 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-2016	30-Jun-2019
Data Supply Requirement	Other	Birth Registrations File Data Supply Requirement (DSR)	QH 020360 Version 1	Mandatory	Current	01-Jul-2016

Data Quality Declaration

Source and Reference Attributes

Source Organisation

Source Document

Keywords

Birth number; Birth order; Number of births; Plurality;