citizenshipmeans the particular legal bond between an individual and his or her State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, choice, marriage or other means according to national legislation;
country of birth of the mothermeans the ‘country of birth’ of the mother;
live-birth ordermeans the numerical order of the live birth being recorded in relation to all previous live births of the mother;
Member Statemeans a country that is a member of the European Union at the end of the reference year.
month of occurrencemeans the calendar month of occurrence of the event;
year of birthmeans the calendar year of occurrence of the birth;