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Data Standards: Minor Changes and Corrections |
Registered birth: - the birth of one baby, the same as a notifiable birth.
This may be:
a) |
Live birth: a baby born live at any gestational length. |
b) |
Still birth: a birth on or after a gestation of 24 weeks (168 days), where the baby shows no identifiable signs of life at delivery. Stillbirths exclude abortions of non-viable foetus. |
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Stillbirths are classified as follows: |
(i) |
Ante-partum: before commencement of labour. |
(ii) |
Intra-partum: during labour/delivery. |
(iii) |
Indeterminate |
c) |
Low weight birth: birth weight less than 2500 grams (5lbs 8ozs). |