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Data Element Detail

Person-sex (QHAPDC)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 042431 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
09-Jun-2018		Current
16-Jul-2019
Standard
Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health
01-Jul-2018
30-Jun-2023
The biological distinction between male and female.
Sex (QHAPDC)
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Male
2Female
3Other
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Sex data should be sourced from or verified against the data in the Corporate Reference Data System (CRDS) maintained by the Statistical Services Branch (SSB).

Code 1 Male
Persons who have male or predominantly masculine biological characteristics, or male sex assigned at birth.

Code 2 Female
Persons who have female or predominantly feminine biological characteristics, or female sex assigned at birth.

Code 3 Other
Persons who have mixed or non-binary biological characteristics (if known), or a non-binary sex assigned at birth.

The value meaning of 'Other' has been assigned to Code 3 for this value domain, which replaces 'Intersex or indeterminate' for the superseded value domain. Terms such as 'indeterminate', 'intersex', 'non-binary', and 'unspecified' are variously used to describe the 'Other' category of sex. The label 'Other' is used because a more descriptive term has not been widely agreed within the general community.

Sex refers to the chromosomal, gonadal and anatomical characteristics associated with biological sex. Where there is an inconsistency between anatomical and chromosomal characteristics, sex is based on anatomical characteristics.

The term 'sex' refers to a person's biological characteristics. A person's sex is usually described as being either male or female; some people may have both male and female characteristics, or neither male nor female characteristics, or other sexual characteristics.

Sex is assigned at birth and is relatively fixed. However, a person's sex may change during their lifetime as a result of procedures commonly referred to as sex change, gender reassignment, gender affirmation, transsexual surgery, transgender reassignment or sexual reassignment. Throughout this process, which may be over a considerable period of time, sex may be recorded as either male, female or other.

Collection of sex excludes gender information, which is interrelated but conceptually distinct. The concept of sex is based on the physical or biological aspects of a person's body while the concept of gender relates to the way a person feels, presents and is recognised within the general community and may refer to outward social markers such as their name, outward appearance, mannerisms and dress. Sexual orientation is a separate concept to sex and gender, involving a person's emotional or sexual attraction to another person, and is not covered in the collection of sex information.
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
Must not be null.
Validated against a list of valid sex codes.
Hospital Based Corporate Information System (HBCIS):
For HBCIS hospitals, the following mapping occurs:
Code M Male is mapped to code 1 Male
Code F Female is mapped to code 2 Female
Code I Indeterminate/Intersex is mapped to code 3 Other
Sex is a core metadata item in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementPerson-sex (QHAPDC)QH 042431 Version 1Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementPerson-sex (code)QH 040000 Version 6Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementPerson-sex (code)QH 040000 Version 5Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementPerson-sex (code)QH 040000 Version 4Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2023
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020503 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020581 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020692 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2021-2022QH 020780 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202130-Jun-2022
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2022-2023QH 0139401 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202230-Jun-2023
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020504 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020582 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020693 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2021-2022QH 020781 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202130-Jun-2022
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2022-2023QH 0140697 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202230-Jun-2023
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Person-sex, code X, Identifier 635126, Health standard 11/05/2017 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/635126/meteorItemView/long
Sex;