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description | Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification 2005. Ethnicity is the ethnic group or groups that people identify with or feel they belong to. | ||
experimental | false | ||
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name | NZ_ethnic_group_codes | ||
publisher | HL7 New Zealand | ||
purpose | |||
status | active | ||
title | NZ ethnic group codes | ||
url | https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes | ||
version | 2.1.0 | ||
versionNeeded | false | ||
| Code | Display | parent | parent | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
96666 | Repeated Value | 966 | 966 | 966 | 966 | ||
351 | Tokelauan | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
111 | New Zealand European | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
31111 | Samoan | 311 | 311 | 311 | 311 | ||
12950 | Zimbabwean European | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12711 | German | 127 | 127 | 127 | 127 | ||
10 | European nfd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
11 | New Zealand European | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
42112 | Cambodian Chinese | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
44412 | Bangladeshi | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
12 | Other European | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
42113 | Malaysian Chinese | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
44411 | Afghan | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
42114 | Singaporean Chinese | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
44414 | Pakistani | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
42115 | Vietnamese Chinese | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
44413 | Nepali | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
42111 | Hong Kong Chinese | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
36111 | Fijian | 361 | 361 | 361 | 361 | ||
44419 | Mongolian | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
42116 | Taiwanese | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
44416 | Eurasian | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
44415 | Tibetan | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
361 | Fijian | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | ||
44418 | Maldivian | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
44417 | Bhutanese | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
121 | British and Irish | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
1 | European | ||||||
122 | Dutch | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
123 | Greek | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
2 | Māori | ||||||
124 | Polish | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
3 | Pacific Peoples | ||||||
125 | South Slav | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
4 | Asian | ||||||
126 | Italian | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
5 | Middle Eastern/Latin American/African | ||||||
127 | German | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
6 | Other Ethnicity | ||||||
128 | Australian | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
129 | Other European | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
9 | Residual Categories | ||||||
21 | Māori | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
41499 | Southeast Asian nec | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
97777 | Response Unidentifiable | 977 | 977 | 977 | 977 | ||
42100 | Chinese nfd | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
371 | Other Pacific Peoples | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | ||
12935 | Russian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12933 | Romanian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12934 | Romani | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12939 | Spanish | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12937 | Slavic | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
30000 | Pacific Peoples nfd | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||
52199 | Latin American nec | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
12938 | Slovak | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12931 | Norwegian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12811 | Australian | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | ||
12932 | Portuguese | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
30 | Pacific Peoples nfd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
31 | Samoan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
12930 | Maltese | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
32 | Cook Islands Maori | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
33 | Tongan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
41000 | Southeast Asian nfd | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | ||
34 | Niuean | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
35 | Tokelauan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
36 | Fijian | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
37 | Other Pacific Peoples | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
44199 | Sri Lankan nec | 441 | 441 | 441 | 441 | ||
12947 | New Caledonian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
61118 | New Zealander | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||
12945 | Canadian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
61117 | Other South African | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||
61116 | Seychellois | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||
61115 | Mauritian | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||
12948 | South African European | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12949 | Afrikaner | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
61113 | Indigenous American | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||
944 | Don't Know | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | ||
12942 | Ukrainian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
40 | Asian nfd | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
12943 | American | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
41 | Southeast Asian | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
12940 | Swedish | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
42 | Chinese | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
12941 | Swiss | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
43 | Indian | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
44 | Other Asian | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
98888 | Response Outside Scope | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | ||
41111 | Filipino | 411 | 411 | 411 | 411 | ||
35111 | Tokelauan | 351 | 351 | 351 | 351 | ||
12913 | Austrian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12119 | Scottish | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
12914 | Belgian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12911 | Albanian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12912 | Armenian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12918 | Cypriot nfd | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12915 | Bulgarian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12916 | Belorussian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12112 | Channel Islander | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
12111 | Celtic nfd | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
955 | Refused to Answer | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | ||
12114 | English | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
12113 | Cornish | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
12116 | Irish | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
51 | Middle Eastern | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
52 | Latin American | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
12599 | South Slav nec | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
53 | African | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
12117 | Manx | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
12121 | Welsh | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
12919 | Czech | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12924 | French | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
53199 | African nec | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
12922 | Finnish | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12923 | Flemish | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12928 | Latvian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12929 | Lithuanian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12926 | Hungarian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12927 | Icelandic | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
966 | Repeated Value | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | ||
61 | Other Ethnicity | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
12920 | Danish | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
12921 | Estonian | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
37199 | Pacific Peoples nec | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
41211 | Cambodian | 412 | 412 | 412 | 412 | ||
43199 | Indian nec | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
40000 | Asian nfd | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | ||
99999 | Not Stated | 999 | 999 | 999 | 999 | ||
51100 | Middle Eastern nfd | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
611 | Other Ethnicity | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | ||
12211 | Dutch | 122 | 122 | 122 | 122 | ||
977 | Response Unidentifiable | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | ||
51111 | Algerian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51113 | Assyrian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
34111 | Niuean | 341 | 341 | 341 | 341 | ||
51112 | Arab | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51115 | Iranian/Persian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
12100 | British nfd | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
51114 | Egyptian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
988 | Response Outside Scope | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | ||
51117 | Israeli/Jewish | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51116 | Iraqi | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51119 | Kurd | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51118 | Jordanian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
41311 | Vietnamese | 413 | 413 | 413 | 413 | ||
51120 | Lebanese | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51122 | Moroccan | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
511 | Middle Eastern | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | ||
51124 | Palestinian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
51125 | Syrian | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
999 | Not Stated | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | ||
12311 | Greek | 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 | ||
51127 | Turkish | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
94 | Don't Know | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
95 | Refused to Answer | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
96 | Repeated Value | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
97 | Response Unidentifiable | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
98 | Response Outside Scope | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
99 | Not Stated | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
44499 | Asian nec | 444 | 444 | 444 | 444 | ||
42199 | Chinese nec | 421 | 421 | 421 | 421 | ||
400 | Asian nfd | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||
521 | Latin American | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | ||
52100 | Latin American nfd | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
11111 | New Zealand European | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | ||
41411 | Burmese | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
41415 | Thai | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
41414 | Malay | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
41413 | Lao | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
41412 | Indonesian | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
41417 | Chin | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
41416 | Karen | 414 | 414 | 414 | 414 | ||
410 | Southeast Asian nfd | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | ||
531 | African | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | ||
411 | Filipino | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | ||
52113 | Brazilian | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
412 | Cambodian | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | ||
52114 | Chilean | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
413 | Vietnamese | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | ||
52111 | Argentinian | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
33111 | Tongan | 331 | 331 | 331 | 331 | ||
414 | Other Southeast Asian | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | ||
52112 | Bolivian | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
12411 | Polish | 124 | 124 | 124 | 124 | ||
52118 | Ecuadorian | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
52115 | Colombian | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
37140 | Tahitian | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
37141 | Solomon Islander | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
44111 | Sinhalese | 441 | 441 | 441 | 441 | ||
37144 | Tuvaluan | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
37145 | Ni Vanuatu | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
44112 | Sri Lankan Tamil | 441 | 441 | 441 | 441 | ||
300 | Pacific Peoples nfd | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
421 | Chinese | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | ||
52123 | Mexican | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
10000 | European nfd | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
52128 | Puerto Rican | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
52129 | Uruguayan | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
61199 | Other Ethnicity nec | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||
52127 | Peruvian | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
37130 | Nauruan | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
94444 | Don't Know | 944 | 944 | 944 | 944 | ||
44100 | Sri Lankan nfd | 441 | 441 | 441 | 441 | ||
37135 | Papua New Guinean | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
53100 | African nfd | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
12515 | Slovenian | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
12999 | European nec | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | ||
431 | Indian | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | ||
12516 | Bosnian | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
311 | Samoan | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||
52130 | Venezuelan | 521 | 521 | 521 | 521 | ||
12199 | British nec | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||
37137 | Pitcairn Islander | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
37138 | Rotuman | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
12513 | Macedonian | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
12514 | Serbian | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
12511 | Croatian | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
12512 | Dalmatian | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||
21111 | Māori | 211 | 211 | 211 | 211 | ||
37122 | Hawaiian | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
37124 | Kiribati | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
44211 | Japanese | 442 | 442 | 442 | 442 | ||
441 | Sri Lankan | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||
321 | Cook Islands Maori | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | ||
442 | Japanese | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||
443 | Korean | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||
444 | Other Asian | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||
53114 | Kenyan | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53115 | Nigerian | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53113 | Jamaican | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53118 | Caribbean | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53119 | Somali | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53116 | African American | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
43114 | Indian Tamil | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
43115 | Punjabi | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
43116 | Sikh | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
95555 | Refused to Answer | 955 | 955 | 955 | 955 | ||
37112 | Indigenous Australian | 371 | 371 | 371 | 371 | ||
43111 | Bengali | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
43112 | Fijian Indian | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
43117 | Anglo Indian | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
43118 | Malaysian Indian | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
43119 | South African Indian | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
53121 | Ethiopian | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
331 | Tongan | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | ||
53122 | Ghanaian | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
211 | Māori | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||
53120 | Eritrean | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
32100 | Cook Islands Maori | 321 | 321 | 321 | 321 | ||
53125 | Sudanese | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53126 | Zambian | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53123 | Burundian | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53124 | Congolese | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
53127 | Other Zimbabwean | 531 | 531 | 531 | 531 | ||
12611 | Italian | 126 | 126 | 126 | 126 | ||
43100 | Indian nfd | 431 | 431 | 431 | 431 | ||
44311 | Korean | 443 | 443 | 443 | 443 | ||
341 | Niuean | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | ||
100 | European nfd | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
51199 | Middle Eastern nec | 511 | 511 | 511 | 511 | ||
12500 | South Slav nfd | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||