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Person: Sex

Definition

Sex is the biological distinction between male and female. Where there is an inconsistency between anatomical and chromosomal characteristics, sex is based on anatomical characteristics.

Components

Data Element
Implemented in 3 data elements

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Context:
Sex is a core metadata item in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept 3