crvs:Birth
A live birth, meaning the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception from its mother, irrespective of duration of pregnancy, which after such separation breathes or shows any other evidence of life. Captures the child, the parents, and attributes used by civil registration and vital statistics (sex at birth, birth order, attendant, weight, place type).
https://publicschema.org/crvs/Birth
Supertypes
Properties
| Property | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| event_date from VitalEvent | date | The date on which the vital event (birth, death, marriage, etc.) occurred. Disti... |
| event_date_estimated from VitalEvent | boolean | Whether the event date is an estimate rather than a known exact date. Common for... |
| event_location from VitalEvent | concept:Location | The specific place where the vital event occurred (for example, the hospital of ... |
| registration_number from VitalEvent | string | The unique number assigned by the civil registration authority when the vital ev... |
| registration_date from VitalEvent | date | The date on which the vital event was officially registered with the civil regis... |
| registration_location from VitalEvent | concept:Location | The civil registration office where the vital event was registered. Often a muni... |
| registration_type from VitalEvent | string (crvs/registration-type) | The regime under which the registration was processed: current (within the legal... |
| registrar from VitalEvent | concept:Person | The civil registration officer who recorded the event. In many jurisdictions thi... |
| informant from VitalEvent | concept:Person | The person who declares the vital event to the civil registration authority. Typ... |
| registration_status from VitalEvent | string (crvs/registration-status) | The lifecycle state of the registration process for this vital event: whether it... |
| record_id from Event | string | The identifier assigned to this record by the system that created it. Used to re... |
| child | concept:Person | The child whose birth, adoption, or legitimation is recorded in this event. |
| parents | concept:Parent | The parents of the child, each captured as a Parent link entity that combines a ... |
| sex_at_birth | string (sex) | The sex of the child as observed and recorded at the time of birth. Distinct fro... |
| nationality_at_birth | string (country) | The nationality acquired by the child at the time of birth, typically derived fr... |
| place_type | string (crvs/place-type) | The category of place where the vital event occurred (health facility, home, en ... |
| birth_type | string (crvs/birth-type) | Whether the birth was single, twin, triplet, or higher-order multiple. Captured ... |
| birth_order | integer | For multiple births, the sequence number of this infant among the siblings born ... |
| weight_at_birth | decimal | The weight of the child at birth, recorded in grams. A core UN Principles and Re... |
| attendant_at_birth | string (crvs/birth-attendant) | The type of person who attended the delivery (physician, midwife, nurse, traditi... |
Evidence
| Standard | Equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| OpenCRVS v1 GraphQL | BirthRegistration | broad |
| OpenCRVS BirthRegistration bundles the event, the civil status record, and the workflow into one type. Broader scope than PublicSchema Birth; see docs/opencrvs-decomposition.md. | ||