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Scottish Linked Pregnancy and Baby Dataset (SLiPBD)

Summary

Abstract

Scottish Linked Pregnancy and Baby Dataset (SLiPBD) is a population-based cohort of all pregnancies and births in Scotland from 2000 to present.

Keywords

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

SLiPBD links and reconciles the following existing national datasets relating to ongoing and completed pregnancies: • General hospital discharge records relating to care for a spontaneous pregnancy loss Maternity hospital discharge records relating to care for a spontaneous pregnancy loss, termination of pregnancy, or birth • Termination of pregnancy notifications • Statutory live and stillbirth registrations Key information included on all babies in SLiPBD includes estimated date of conception, end of pregnancy date, gestation, multiple pregnancy status, pregnancy outcome, and maternal sociodemographic characteristics. For live births, additional information on the birth, the baby's sociodemographic characteristics, and subsequent infant deaths is included

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/2000
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Continuous
  • Distribution release date
    Not available

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Administrative
  • Source
    Epr
  • Collection situation
    Not available

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Not for profit use, Project-specific restrictions
  • Resource creator
    Not available
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    text, csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data dictionary

SLiPBD

PREGNANCY_ID

Unique identifier produced in the process to create a reference for every unique pregnan...

MOTHER_UPI

The mother unique up to date CHI (UPI)

BABY_CHI

The baby unique up to date CHI (UPI)

NRS_TRIPLICATE_ID

NRS birth registration triplicate ID: - NRS triplicate ID is a combination of year of r...

INFANT_DEATHS_TRIPLICATE_ID

Triplicate ID for NRS infant death record: NRS triplicate ID is a combination of year of...

EST_DATE_CONCEPTION

Estimated conception date: Estimated from gestation at outcome, or from gestation at boo...

DATE_END_PREGNANCY

Date pregnancy ended

GEST_END_PREGNANCY

Gestation (in completed weeks) at end of pregnancy Imputed to 40 weeks for unknown outco...

GESTATION_ASCERTAINMENT

Method by which gestation has been determined

TOTAL_BIRTHS_THIS_PREGNANCY

Number of babies (live births and stillbirths only) associated with pregnancy ID

Variable description

Data type