## Profile Comparison between http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity vs http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity

Left: | US Core Ethnicity Extension (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity)
Right: | US Core Ethnicity Extension (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity)

### Messages

Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The ethnicity codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC ethnicity and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 43 reference ethnicity. The ethnicity concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 2 OMB ethnicity categories: - Hispanic or Latino - Not Hispanic or Latino.' vs 'Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The ethnicity codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [Race & Ethnicity - CDC (CDCREC)](https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vads/ViewCodeSystem.action?id=2.16.840.1.113883.6.238) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 43 reference ethnicity. The ethnicity concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 2 OMB ethnicity categories: - Hispanic or Latino - Not Hispanic or Latino.'

### Metadata

Name | Value | Comments
--- | --- | ---
abstract | false |
baseDefinition | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension |
copyright | Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License |
description | Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The ethnicity codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [CDC ethnicity and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0](http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/vocabulary/index.html) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 43 reference ethnicity. The ethnicity concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 2 OMB ethnicity categories: - Hispanic or Latino - Not Hispanic or Latino. | Concepts classifying the person into a named category of humans sharing common history, traits, geographical origin or nationality. The ethnicity codes used to represent these concepts are based upon the [Race & Ethnicity - CDC (CDCREC)](https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vads/ViewCodeSystem.action?id=2.16.840.1.113883.6.238) which includes over 900 concepts for representing race and ethnicity of which 43 reference ethnicity. The ethnicity concepts are grouped by and pre-mapped to the 2 OMB ethnicity categories: - Hispanic or Latino - Not Hispanic or Latino. | Values Differ
experimental |  |
fhirVersion | 4.0.1 |
jurisdiction |  |
jurisdiction[0] | urn:iso:std:iso:3166#US |
kind | complex-type |
name | USCoreEthnicityExtension |
publisher | HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects |
purpose | Complies with 2015 Edition Common Clinical Data Set for patient race. |
status | active |
title | US Core Ethnicity Extension |
type | Extension |
url | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity |

### Structure

Name | L Flags | L Card. | L Type | L Description & Constraints | R Flags | R Card. | R Type | R Description & Constraints | Comments
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | US Core ethnicity Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | US Core ethnicity Extension |
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
Slices for extension |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity" |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity" |
value[x] |  | 0..0 |  | Value of extension |  | 0..0 |  | Value of extension |
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