Sex at Birth

General Details:

Name:
Sex at Birth
Steward:
ScHARe
Definition:
The physical sexual characteristics of the neonate at birth. A textual description of a person's sex at birth.
Registration Status:
Qualified

Permissible Values:

Data Type:
Value List
Unit of Measure:
Ids:
Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
Female Female A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces ova. The term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, or cultural gender role distinctions, or both.
Male Male A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces sperm. The term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both.
Intersex Intersex A person (one of unisexual specimens) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes.
None of these describe me None of these describe me A response indicating that an individual feels that no option listed is a good description for them.
Prefer not to answer Prefer not to answer A response indicating that an individual prefers or preferred not to answer.

Designations:

Designation:
Sex at Birth
Tags:
Designation:
What was your biological sex assigned at birth (on your original birth certificate)?
Tags:
Preferred Question Text

Designations:

Definition:
The physical sexual characteristics of the neonate at birth. A textual description of a person's sex at birth.
Tags:

Reference Documents:

ID:
Title:
URI:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/measuring-sex-gender-identity-and-sexual-orientation-for-the-national-institutes-of-health
Provider Org:
Language Code:
Document:
National Academies Sciences, Engineering, Medicine report: Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/measuring-sex-gender-identity-and-sexual-orientation-for-the-national-institutes-of-health

Properties:

Key:
CDE Tags
Value:
Person. Demographics, Sex at Birth

Identifiers:

Source:
NLM
Id:
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Version: