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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
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Person (birth record)-sex (RBDM)

Identifying and Definitional Attributes

Identifier & Version

QH 043037 v1

Metadata Item Type

Data Element

Data Element Type

Data Element

Approval Status

Draft
30-Mar-2020

Approval Type

Standard

Approving Authority

Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health

Effective From

01-Jul-2016

Effective To

Definition

The sex of the baby, 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 sex (RBDM)

Name in Other Contexts

Representational Attributes

Datatype

Numeric

Representation Class

Code

Format

Minimum Character Length

Maximum Character Length

Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Code	Description
1	Male
2	Female
3	Indeterminate

Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

Code	Description
9	Not stated/unknown

Collection and Usage Attributes

Guide for Use

Code 1 Male
The sex of the baby is male.

Code 2 Female
The sex of the baby is female.

Code 3 Indeterminate
The sex of the baby has not yet been determined.

Code 9 Not stated/unknown
The sex of the baby is not known.

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Verification Rules

Collection Methods

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Information Asset	Data Repository	Birth Notifications	QH 020225 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-2016	30-Jun-2019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Information Asset	Data Repository	Birth Registrations	QH 020226 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-2016	30-Jun-2019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

Sex;