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Data Element Detail

ABS age
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040264 v1
Data Element
Derived Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998
Standard
15-Jan-1998
Grouping of age according to the following rules:
00X - Less than 7 days old (where X is the number of days)
01X - Between 1 and 3 weeks old (where X is the number of weeks)
1XX - Between 1 and 11 months old (where XX is the number of months old)
2XX - Between 1 and 99 years old (where XX is the number of years old)
3XX - Over 99 years old (where XX is the number of years over 100)
In reporting environment allows grouping of ages into clinically meaningful groups with greater definition for the young age groups than would occur from simply reporting age in years.
ABS age
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N(3)
3
3
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
00XX days old (permitted values are 000-006)
01XX weeks old (011-013)
1XXXX months old (101-111)
2XXXX years old (201-299)
3XX100 + XX years old (300 -)
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

No Metadata Items
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

No Metadata Items
Source and Reference Attributes
Age; CRDI; CRDI EDC; CRDI QHAPDC; CRDI QHNAPDC; CRDI QPDC;