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.