An indication of whether the birth was a live or still birth.
A still birth is a birth after a gestation of 24 weeks (168 days) where the baby shows no identifiable signs of life at delivery.
National Codes:
| 1 | Live |
| 2 | Still birth ante-partum |
| 3 | Still birth intra-partum |
| 4 | Still birth indeterminate |
| 5 | Baby born but died later* |
* Note - National Code 5 'Baby born but died later' is only valid for use in the PDS Birth Notification Data Sets. This value is not permitted to flow in the Commissioning Data Sets.
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | LIVE OR STILL BIRTHS |