This field contains a code which indicates whether the baby was born alive or dead (still birth). A still birth is a birth after a gestation period of 24 weeks (168) days where the baby shows no sign of life when delivered.

This item appears for each baby on multiple birth delivery records.

1 = Live

2 = Still birth: ante-partum

3 = Still birth: intra-partum

4 = Still birth: indeterminate

9 = Not known