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Low Birthweight

Number, and percent, of low birthweight (less than 2500g) babies (single births).

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Dimensions
Dimension
Value
Birth Weight
  1. Live Singleton Births
  2. Low Weight Births
Measure Type
  1. Count
  2. Ratio
Reference Period
  1. 2000-2002
  2. 2001-2003
  3. 2002-2004
  4. 2003-2005
  5. 2004-2006
  6. 2005-2007
  7. 2006-2008
  8. 2007-2009
  9. 2008-2010
  10. 2009-2011
  11. 2010-2012
  12. 2011-2013
  13. 2012-2014
  14. 2013-2015
  15. 2014-2016
  16. 2015-2017
  17. 2016-2018
  18. 2017-2019
Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data)
  1. Countries
  2. Council Areas
  3. Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies
  4. Health Board Areas
  5. Electoral Wards
  6. Community Health Partnerships
  7. 2011 Intermediate Zones
  8. 2011 Data Zones
  9. 2001 Intermediate Zones
  10. 2001 Data Zones
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About the Dataset
Contact
Publisher
Public Health Scotland
Creator
Public Health Scotland
In folders
License
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Issued
29/07/2014
Modified
03/09/2021
Next update due
This dataset will not be updated.
Description

Note: This dataset will not be receiving updates through this portal. Please refer to the Public Health Scotland Open Data platform for the relevant data.

Low weight live full term singleton births (under 2500g). The 3 year aggregate shown is for financial year ending 31 March and refers to the year of discharge from hospital.

Low birthweight (LBW) is a major determinant of infant mortality and morbidity. In addition, as it is associated with a variety of social and environmental factors, it is often used as a health status indicator. Low birthweight may result from being born too soon (i.e. a preterm birth), from poor intrauterine growth or from a combination of the two.

A number of factors are associated with low birthweight and/or preterm births. These include maternal smoking, maternal age (older and younger mothers are more likely to have a low birthweight baby), deprivation, previous obstetric history, low pre-pregnancy maternal weight, drug/alcohol use, hypertension and multiple births.

More information is available on the ISD website.

Details
Confidentiality Policy

Note that some information may have been suppressed or adjusted to preserve patient confidentiality.
Quality Management

SMR02 data are subjected to validation on submission. The figures are compared to previous years' figures and to expected trends. The SMR02 data are also occasionally assessed for accuracy by ISD's Data Quality Assurance - see latest report Data Quality Assurance
Accuracy and Reliability

There is generally around a 1-4% shortfall in the number of births when compared to National Records of Scotland (NRS) birth registrations, formerly General Register Office Scotland (GROS). Some of this shortfall is due to data on home births not being available from SMR02 and lower submission levels from some NHS boards.
Coherence and Comparability

Due to differences in methodology and time of data extraction, figures may differ slightly from other published work.

Figures for Scotland and Health Boards may differ from the sum of lower level geographies. This is due to the presence of some data which could not be assigned to a local area, but are included in the aggregated Scotland figures.
Accessibility and Clarity
Not supplied
Relevance
Not supplied
Timeliness and Punctuality
Not supplied
Revisions

In February 2019, we updated our methodology for allocating datazones to higher geographies to align with Government Statistical Service Geography Policy. This resulted in revisions to some aggregated figures at Electoral Ward and Scottish Parliament Constituency level.
URI

This is a linked data resource: it has a permanent unique uri at which both humans and machines can find it on the Internet, and which can be used an identifier in queries on our SPARQL endpoint.

http://statistics.gov.scot/data/low-birthweight
Dimensions Linked Data

A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values

Dimension Locked Value
Birth Weight
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/birthWeight
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
 (not locked to a value)
Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
 (not locked to a value)
Graphs

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The data in this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/low-birthweight

The data structure definition for this data cube dataset is stored in the same graph as the data: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/low-birthweight

All other metadata about this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/low-birthweight/metadata

Linked Data Resources

A breakdown by type of the 453,930 resources in this dataset's data graph.

Resource type Number of resources
Collection 2
Component specification 8
Data set 1
Data structure definition 1
Observation 453,918
All metadata
In Graph http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/low-birthweight/metadata
Accuracy and Reliability http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/accuracy-and-reliability
There is generally around a 1-4% shortfall in the number of births when compared to National Records of Scotland (NRS) birth registrations, formerly General Register Office Scotland (GROS). Some of this shortfall is due to data on home births not being available from SMR02 and lower submission levels from some NHS boards. xsd:string
Comment rdfs:comment http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment
Number, and percent, of low birthweight (less than 2500g) babies (single births). xsd:string
Comparability and Coherence http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/comparability-and-coherence
Due to differences in methodology and time of data extraction, figures may differ slightly from other published work. Figures for Scotland and Health Boards may differ from the sum of lower level geographies. This is due to the presence of some data which could not be assigned to a local area, but are included in the aggregated Scotland figures. xsd:string
Confidentiality http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/confidentiality
Note that some information may have been suppressed or adjusted to preserve patient confidentiality. xsd:string
Contact email http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#contactEmail
mailto:phs.opendata@phs.scot
Creator dcterms:creator http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
Public Health Scotland http://statistics.gov.scot/id/organisation/nhs-information-services-division
Date Issued dcterms:issued http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
July 29, 2014 00:00 xsd:dateTime
March 01, 2017 10:21 xsd:dateTime
Date Modified dcterms:modified http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
September 03, 2021 15:31 xsd:dateTime
Description dcterms:description http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
Note: This dataset will not be receiving updates through this portal. Please refer to the [Public Health Scotland Open Data](https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/births-in-scottish-hospitals/resource/a5d4de3f-e340-455f-b4e4-e26321d09207) platform for the relevant data. Low weight live full term singleton births (under 2500g). The 3 year aggregate shown is for financial year ending 31 March and refers to the year of discharge from hospital. Low birthweight (LBW) is a major determinant of infant mortality and morbidity. In addition, as it is associated with a variety of social and environmental factors, it is often used as a health status indicator. Low birthweight may result from being born too soon (i.e. a preterm birth), from poor intrauterine growth or from a combination of the two. A number of factors are associated with low birthweight and/or preterm births. These include maternal smoking, maternal age (older and younger mothers are more likely to have a low birthweight baby), deprivation, previous obstetric history, low pre-pregnancy maternal weight, drug/alcohol use, hypertension and multiple births. More information is available on the [ISD website](http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Maternity-and-Births/Births/). xsd:string
Graph http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#graph
http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/low-birthweight
Has a SPARQL endpoint at void:sparqlEndpoint http://rdfs.org/ns/void#sparqlEndpoint
http://statistics.gov.scot/sparql
http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#nextUpdateDue http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#nextUpdateDue
This dataset will not be updated. xsd:string
In folder http://publishmydata.com/def/ontology/folder/inFolder
Health and Social Care http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/themes/health-and-social-care
Public Health Scotland http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/organisations/nhs-information-services-division
Label rdfs:label http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Low Birthweight xsd:string
License dcterms:license http://purl.org/dc/terms/license
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Publisher dcterms:publisher http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher
Public Health Scotland http://statistics.gov.scot/id/organisation/nhs-information-services-division
Quality Management http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/quality-management
SMR02 data are subjected to validation on submission. The figures are compared to previous years' figures and to expected trends. The SMR02 data are also occasionally assessed for accuracy by ISD's Data Quality Assurance - see latest report [Data Quality Assurance](http://www.isdscotland.org/Products-and-Services/Data-Quality) xsd:string
References dcterms:references http://purl.org/dc/terms/references
http://statistics.gov.scot/help http://statistics.gov.scot/help
Revisions http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/revisions
In February 2019, we updated our methodology for allocating datazones to higher geographies to align with Government Statistical Service Geography Policy. This resulted in revisions to some aggregated figures at Electoral Ward and Scottish Parliament Constituency level. xsd:string
Theme dcat:theme http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#theme
Health and Social Care http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/themes/health-and-social-care
Public Health Scotland http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/organisations/nhs-information-services-division
Title dcterms:title http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
Low Birthweight xsd:string
Type rdf:type http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
Data set http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#DataSet
Dataset http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#Dataset
http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#LinkedDataset
dataset http://rdfs.org/ns/void#Dataset
Dataset http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#Dataset
In Graph http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/low-birthweight
Structure qb:structure http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#structure
http://statistics.gov.scot/data/structure/low-birthweight http://statistics.gov.scot/data/structure/low-birthweight
Type rdf:type http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
Data set http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#DataSet
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