Data Collected
Data Collected for each Birth:
- Type and place of birth
- Date of birth
- Sex
- Birthweight
- Period of gestation
- County of residence of both mother and father
- Nationality of mother and father
- Occupation of both mother and father
- Date of Birth of both mother and father
- Marital Status of mother and date of present marriage
- Number of previous live births, children still living, stillbirths and spontaneous
abortions as well as date of last birth
- Type of antenatal care received by mother during this pregnancy including date of
first visit to hospital and doctor
- Was mother immune to rubella?
- Method of delivery
- Maternal diseases affecting the fetus or infant
- Type of feeding
- Was BCG administered?
- Diseases or congenital malformations affecting the infant
- Date of mother’s admission and discharge and details of whether mother’s admission
was booked?
- Date of infant’s discharge
- Details of transfers to other hospitals for medical reasons
For each Stillbirth and Early Neonatal Death the following additional data are also
collected:
- Cause and Type of death
- Was an autopsy performed?
- Place of death
- For Early Neonatal Death: Age at death
- For Stillbirth: did death occur before, during labour or at an unknown time?
Further information on the data collection process can be found in NPRS Documentation