II. Definitions: Gravida

  1. Gravida
    1. Number of pregnancies regardless of outcome (including current pregnancy)
    2. Each pregnancy counts as 1, regardless of the number of fetuses
  2. Nulligravida
    1. No prior pregnancies
  3. Primigravida
    1. Currently in first pregnancy
  4. Multigravida
    1. Two or more pregnancies (including current pregnancy)

III. Definitions: Parity

  1. Parity (or Para, Parous Events)
    1. Number of births after 20 weeks gestation
    2. Multiple Gestation (e.g. twin, triplet) births count as one
  2. Nullipara (or Nulliparous)
    1. No prior births after 20 weeks gestation
  3. Primipara (or Primiparous)
    1. One prior birth >20 weeks gestation
  4. Multipara (or Multiparous)
    1. Two or more births after 20 weeks gestation
  5. Grand Multipara (Grand Multiparity)
    1. Five or more births after 20 weeks gestation

IV. Documentation: GTPAL Recording System (most common system in U.S.)

  1. Parts
    1. G: Total number of pregnancies (Gravida)
    2. T: Number of FULL TERM deliveries (37-40+ weeks gestation)
    3. P: Number of PRETERM deliveries (20-36 weeks gestation)
    4. A: Number of ABORTIONS and Miscarriages before 20 weeks gestation
    5. L: Number of LIVING Children (this reflects Multiple Gestation births)
  2. Example
    1. G4 P2214 = 4 total pregnancies, 2 term deliveries, 1 preterm delivery (Twin Gestation), 1 Miscarriage, 4 living children

V. Documentation: GPA Recording System

  1. Parts
    1. G: Total number of pregnancies (Gravida)
    2. P: Number of births after 20 weeks gestation (Parity)
    3. A: Number of ABORTIONS and Miscarriages before 20 weeks gestation

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Ontology: Multiparity (C0026751)

Concepts Finding (T033)
MSH D010298
SnomedCT 28079008, 161730003, 138997008
English Multiparity, multiparity, multiparous, Has had multiple live births, Multiparous, Multiparous (finding)
Italian Pluripara, Multiparità
Japanese 経産婦, ケイサンプ
Portuguese Multiparidade, Multípara
Spanish Multiparidad, multiparidad (hallazgo), multiparidad, multípara (hallazgo), multípara, Multípara
French Multiparité, Multipare
German Multipara
Czech Multipara
Hungarian Multipara
Norwegian Flergangsfødende, Multiparitet
Dutch multipara

Ontology: Parity (C0030563)

Definition (NCI) The number of pregnancies reaching 20 weeks and 0 days of gestation or beyond, regardless of the number of fetuses or outcomes.(NICHD)
Definition (NCI_CDISC) A measurement of the total number of live-born offspring a female has delivered.
Definition (CSP) condition of a female with respect to her having borne viable offspring.
Definition (MSH) The number of offspring a female has borne. It is contrasted with GRAVIDITY, which refers to the number of pregnancies, regardless of outcome.
Concepts Finding (T033)
MSH D010298
SnomedCT 30247003, 139004004, 161731004, 138995000, 364325004, 118212000
LNC LP64616-3, MTHU001904
English Parity NOS, Live Birth Count, Parity, function, delivery number (#___) (history), delivery number (#___), Parity, number of deliveries, parity, number of child birth given, Parity NOS (finding), Parity NOS (observable entity), Number of Live Births, BRTHLVN, Para, Number of deliveries, Number of previous babies, Parity (observable entity), Parity finding (finding), Parity finding, Parity, function (observable entity), Parity, NOS, Parity (function)
Dutch para, pariteit, Pariteit
German Para, Gebaerfaehigkeit, Geburtenzahl (Mutter)
Italian Para, Parità
Portuguese Para, Paridade
Swedish Paritet
Japanese シュッサンレキ, シュッサンケイケン, 既往出生数, 出産数, 分娩可能状態, 初産(ショザン), 出産回数, 経産婦, 出産経験, 未経産, 出産歴, 経産, 経産回数, 初産
Czech parita, počet porodů, Para, Parita
Finnish Pariteetti
Russian DETOROZHDENIE, SPOSOBNOST' K DETOROZHDENIIU, RODY PERVICHNYE, RODOV KOLICHESTVO V ANAMNEZE, RODY POVTORNYE, ДЕТОРОЖДЕНИЕ, СПОСОБНОСТЬ К ДЕТОРОЖДЕНИЮ, РОДОВ КОЛИЧЕСТВО В АНАМНЕЗЕ, РОДЫ ПЕРВИЧНЫЕ, РОДЫ ПОВТОРНЫЕ
Croatian BROJ PORODA
Polish Pierworódka, Rodność, Wieloródka, Nieródka
Hungarian Paritás, Para
Norwegian Paritet
Spanish paridad, SAI, Parity NOS, paridad, SAI (hallazgo), paridad, SAI (entidad observable), hallazgo en el número de partos (hallazgo), hallazgo en el número de partos, número de partos (entidad observable), número de partos (función), número de partos, paridad (entidad observable), paridad, Paridad
French Pare, Parité

Ontology: Primiparity (C0033150)

Definition (PSY) Pregnant with, or having borne, only one child or offspring.
Concepts Finding (T033)
MSH D010298
SnomedCT 14209008, 3882004, 138997008, 161730003
Italian Primipara, Una gravidanza a termine, Primiparità
Dutch pariteit 1, primipara
French Parité 1, Primiparité, Primipare
German Paritaet 1, Erstgebärende, Primipara
Portuguese Paridade 1, Primiparidade, Primípara
Spanish Paridad 1, Primiparidad, número de partos: 1, primípara, primípara (hallazgo), número de partos: uno (hallazgo), número de partos: uno, para 1 (hallazgo), para 1, primiparidad (hallazgo), primiparidad, Primípara
Japanese 初産婦, 出産回数1, ショサンプ, シュッサンカイスウ1
Czech primiparita, I. para, Primipara
English Primiparous, Parity one, primiparas, primipara, primiparity, primiparous, Primiparous (finding), Para 1, Parity 1, PR1 - Parity 1, Para 1 (finding), Primiparity, Primipara
Hungarian Terhesség 1, Primipara
Norwegian Primiparitet, Førstegangsfødende

Ontology: Grand multiparity (C0269811)

Concepts Finding (T033)
SnomedCT 18656007, 199713005, 199716002
English Grand multiparity NOS, grand multiparity (diagnosis), grand multiparity, grand multiparas, grand multipara, Grand multiparity NOS (finding), Grand multipara, Grand multiparity unspecified, Grand multipara (finding), Grand multiparity
Czech Mnohorodička
Dutch grande multipariteit
French Grande multiparité
German Multiparitaet ( 4 oder mehr)
Hungarian Négyes ikerterhesség
Italian Multiparità elevata
Spanish Gran multiparidad, gran multiparidad, SAI, gran multiparidad, SAI (hallazgo), gran multiparidad (hallazgo), gran multiparidad, gran multípara (hallazgo), gran multípara
Japanese 多産婦, タサンプ
Portuguese Grande multiparidade

Ontology: Multigravida (C0404831)

Concepts Finding (T033)
SnomedCT 102876002
Italian Plurigravida, Multigravida
French Multigravide, Multigeste
Japanese 経妊婦, 妊娠多経験者, ニンシンタケイケンシャ, ケイニンプ
English Multiple previous pregnancies, Multi gravida, multigravida, multips, multip, multigravida (history), Multigravida, Multip, Multigravida (finding), Multiple previous pregnancies, NOS
Czech Multigravida, Opakovaně těhotná
Hungarian Multigravida, Multi gravida
Spanish múltiples embarazos previos (hallazgo), múltiples embarazos previos, Multigrávida
Portuguese Multigrávida
Dutch multigravida
German Multigravida

Ontology: Nulliparous (C0425979)

Definition (NCI) A woman with a parity of zero.(NICHD)
Concepts Finding (T033)
SnomedCT 102877006, 138996004
Italian Nullipara
Japanese 出産未経験者, シュッサンミケイケンシャ
English Nulliparity, nulliparous, Nulliparous (finding), Nullipara, Nulliparous
Czech Nulipara
Hungarian Nullipara
Spanish nuliparidad (hallazgo), nuliparidad, nulípara (hallazgo), nulípara, Nulípara
Portuguese Nulípara
Dutch nullipara
French Nullipare
German Nullipara

Ontology: Gravidity (C0600457)

Definition (NCI) A woman who currently is pregnant or has been in the past, irrespective of the pregnancy outcome.(NICHD)
Definition (MSH) The number of pregnancies, complete or incomplete, experienced by a female. It is different from PARITY, which is the number of offspring borne. (From Stedman, 26th ed)
Concepts Finding (T033)
MSH D020073
SnomedCT 366321006, 161741001, 139005003, 139014008, 161732006, 127362006, 364323006
LNC LP114989-9, MTHU038159
English Gravida NOS, Gravidities, Finding of gravida, pregnancy number (#___) (history), pregnancy number (#___), numbers pregnancy, gravida, gravidity, previous pregnancies, gravidas, number pregnancies, pregnancy previous, Gravida NOS (observable entity), Pregnancy number, PREGNANT, Gravida, Number of pregnancies, Finding of gravida (finding), Gravida (observable entity), Gravida - finding, Previous pregnancies (finding), Previous pregnancies, Quantity of pregnancy (observable entity), Quantity of pregnancy, Gravidity
Spanish embarazos anteriores (hallazgos), Grávida, número de gestación, SAI (entidad observable), número de gestación, SAI, Gravida NOS, Número de Gestaciones, cantidad de embarazos (entidad observable), cantidad de embarazos, embarazada, embarazo - hallazgo (hallazgo), embarazo - hallazgo, embarazos anteriores (hallazgos) (hallazgo), embarazos anteriores, grávida (entidad observable), grávida, hallazgo en el embarazo, Gravidad
Dutch gravida, Cijfer, zwangerschaps-, Zwangerschapscijfer
French Femme enceinte, Nombre de gestations, Gravidité, Nombre de grossesses
German Gravida, Schwangerschaftszahl
Italian Gravida, Gravidità
Portuguese Grávida, Número de Gestações
Japanese 妊婦, ニンプ, 妊娠回数
Swedish Graviditetsantal
Czech počet těhotenství, Gravida
Finnish Raskausmäärä
Russian BEREMENNOSTEI CHISLO, БЕРЕМЕННОСТЕЙ ЧИСЛО
Polish Liczba ciąż
Hungarian Gravida
Norwegian Graviditetsantall

Ontology: Nulligravidity (C0600459)

Concepts Quantitative Concept (T081)
MSH D020073
French Nulligravidité
English Nulligravidities, Nulligravidity
Norwegian Aldri gravid

Ontology: Primigravida (C0860096)

Concepts Finding (T033)
SnomedCT 161734007, 139007006, 15592002, 127364007
English Gravida 1, Gravida I, gravida i, pregnancy first, first pregnancy, gravida 1, primigravida, primigravidas, primip, Gravida 1 (finding), primigravida (history), Previous pregnancy 1, Primigravida, Primip, First pregnancy, Previous pregnancy 1 (finding), Primigravida (finding)
Italian Primigravida, Prima gravidanza
Dutch eerste zwangerschap, gravida I, primigravida
French Première grossesse, Primigeste
German erste Schwangerschaft, Gravida I, Primigravida
Portuguese Primeira gravidez, Grávida I, Primigesta
Spanish Grávida I, Primer embarazo, embarazos previos: 1 (hallazgo), embarazos previos: 1, gesta 1, gestas: 1, primer embarazo, primigesta (hallazgo), primigesta, primigrávida (hallazgo), primigrávida, Primigrávida
Japanese 初回妊娠, 妊娠1回目, 初妊婦, ショニンプ, ショカイニンシン, ニンシン1カイメ
Czech První těhotenství, Primigravida, Těhotenství I
Hungarian Első terhesség, Primigravida, Gravida I