Live or Still Birth

Change History

 

DSCN 2023 / 30

Admitted Patient Care Data Set – Retirement of Maternity Tail Data Items

DSCN (2008) 07 (W)

The Introduction of Valid Period Date Ranges for Data Items within the APC Data Set

DSCN 04 / 01 (W)

Data Standards: Minor Changes and Corrections

 

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

 

Data Set / Collection

Valid From

Valid To

APC ds99

1st April 1999

30th June 2023

 

An indicator of whether the birth was a live or a stillbirth (a birth on or after a gestation of 24 weeks (168 days), where the baby shows no identifiable signs of life at delivery) If born dead before 24 weeks, it would be a spontaneous abortion.

 

Format: 1 digit numeric

Value

Meaning

Valid From

Valid To

1

Live

Pre 28th December 1995

 

2

Still birth, ante-partum

Pre 28th December 1995

 

3

Still birth, intra-partum

Pre 28th December 1995

 

4

Still birth, indeterminate.

Pre 28th December 1995

 

 

See BIRTH