Pregnancy: Total Previous Pregnancies

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

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	1^st April 1999	30^th June 2023

This is the number of previous pregnancies resulting in one or more births. Note: a live birth is always registered, no matter how short the gestation. Still Births and Abortions are registered only if they occur after a gestation of 24 weeks or more.

Format: 2 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
00	No previous pregnancy resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
01	One previous pregnancy resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
02	Two previous pregnancies resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
03	Three previous pregnancies resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
04	Four previous pregnancies resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
05	Five previous pregnancies resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
06	Six previous pregnancies resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
etc.		1^st May 1998
19	Nineteen previous pregnancies resulting in a registered birth	1^st May 1998
99	Not Known	1^st May 1998 Reinstated 26^th August 2005	20^th February 2002

See Number of Previous Pregnancies