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Data Element Detail

Deceased's marital status
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040728 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
21-Dec-1999
Documented
21-Dec-1999
30-Jun-2016
Marital status of the deceased person.
Death registrations in Queensland
Deceased's marital status (RBDM)
Marital status
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Never married
2Married
3Widowed
4Divorced
5Separated
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
9Unknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
Separated includes legally and/or socially separated persons, but not people temporarily living apart.

Married should be generally accepted as applicable to all de facto couples, including of the same sex.
Accurate cause of death information is important to the public health sector and medical researchers to evaluate and develop measures to improve the health of Australians generally. It is also important to family members, now and for the future, to know what caused a loved one's death and to be aware of conditions that may occur in other family members.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementPerson (death record)-marital status (RBDM)QH 040728 Version 2Draft
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData RepositoryDeath RegistrationsQH 020227 Version 1MandatorySuperseded21-Dec-199930-Jun-2016
Source and Reference Attributes
Marital status;