Vital Statistics - Birth Database

Parity of mother, category

Parity refers to the number of live births a woman has had to date (excludes fetal deaths o stillbirths). A woman with zero parity has had no live births; a woman of parity 1 has had one live birth, of parity 2, two live births, and so on. In the case of a first delivery resulting in live twins, the woman has a parity of 1 after the first twin is born and a parity of 2 after the second twin is born.

Mother refers to a woman that have a relation to a child by giving birth and/or by raising the child.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Parity