APPLICATION FOR DATA FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES FROM POPULATION DATA BC
VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS DATA FILE CHECKLIST
APPLICATION FOR DATA FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES FROM POPULATION DATA BCProject Title / Applies Subpopulation (s)
Date Range / yyyy/mm/dd / to / yyyy/mm/dd
Other date range criteria:
Vital Statistics Births File
(January 1, 1986 onwards)
An extract of the births registration files provided by the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. Includes all births registered in the province of BC. Note: ICD-9 codes were used from 1986 to 1999, and ICD-10 codes are used from 2000 onwards.
Registration number – Replaced by project-specific identification number
Mother Study ID – Unique project-specific identification number
Father/parent Study ID – Unique project-specific identification number
Year of birth
Month of birth
Day of birth – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Time of birth
Place of birth/occurrence – city
Place of birth/occurrence – first 3 characters of postal code
OR
Place of birth/occurrence – 6-digit postal code. Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Birth place type
Hospital code – Replaced by project-specific identification number
OR
Hospital code (unencrypted) – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Sex
Parents’ marital status
Mother’s total live births
Mother’s total stillbirths
Mother’s other pregnancies
Birthplace of mother – city
Birthplace of mother – province/territory – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Birthplace of mother – country – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Marital status of mother
Mother’s year of birth
Mother’s month of birth
Mother’s day of birth – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Age of mother
Mother’s Aboriginal status
Mother lives on reserve
Usual residence of mother – city
Usual residence of mother – province/territory
Usual residence of mother – country
Usual residence of mother – first 3 characters of postal code
OR
Usual residence of mother – 6-digit postal code – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Usual residence of mother – foreign postal code – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Father/parent’s year of birth
Father/parent’s month of birth
Father/parent’s day of birth – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Age of father/parent
Sex of father/parent
Birthplace of father/parent – city – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Birthplace of father/parent – province/territory – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Birthplace of father/parent – country – Research rationale describing why this field is required must be supplied before it will be considered for release:
Father/parent’s Aboriginal status
Father/parent lives on reserve
Attendant type code
Attendant’s MSC number – Replaced by project-specific identification number
Child born alive
Total number of children in this event, i.e., kind of birth (single, twin...)
Multiple birth – birth order
Duration of pregnancy (gestation period)
APGAR score (1 minute and 5 minute; activity, pulse, grimace, appearance, respiration)
Birth weight
Head circumference
Body length
Mode of delivery
Diagnostic ICD-related codes
ICD codes (includes ICD version number)
ICD type codes (flag to indicate complications or abnormalities in the birth)
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Automation Version: 2012.v2
Checklist Version: 2016/06/13