Clinical User Guide
Ethnicity Codes

The following hierarchical list of ethnicity codes is a subset of data provided by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS), and used in Clinical when you record a patient's country of birth and ethnicity.

The 'Ethnicity' data in Clinical was obtained from the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS): *1249.0 - Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2011

Notes:

o      Instances of  'nec' refer to "Not Elsewhere Classified".

o      Instances of 'nfd' refer to "Not Further Defined".

o      You can import and export the ethnicity field of a patient's demographics. When doing so, note that;

       It is not imported/exported within one of the default format file types offered in the File Format window, and must be added as part of a custom file format.

       The custom file format must be anything other than 'Fixed Length'. This is specified via the Field Format window. The ethnicity field cannot be exported using a fixed length format, and will not be available for selection in this window until you have selected a different format.

       You can import/export multiple ethnicity codes per patient (as each patient can have multiple ethnicities). If you choose to use multiple codes, they must be separated by a comma. For example, if the file format is CSV, the "ETHNICITY IDS" field will be:   "1100, 2102, 2306"

o      See also: Country-of-Birth Codes.

 

African (North)

African (Sub-Saharan)

Americas (People of the)

Asian (North-East)

Asian (South-East)

Asian (Southern and Central)

European (North-West)

European (Southern and Eastern)

Middle Eastern

Oceanian

Supplementary  

Supplementary

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

N/A

0000

Inadequately Described

N/A

0001

Not Stated

N/A

0901

Eurasian

N/A

0902

Asian

N/A

0903

African

N/A

0904

European

N/A

0905

Caucasian

N/A

0906

Creole

 

 

 

Oceanian

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

1000

 Oceanian

1000

1100

Australian Peoples

1100

1101

Australian

1100

1102

Australian Aboriginal

1100

1103

Australian South Sea Islander

1100

1104

Torres Strait Islander

1000

1200

New Zealand Peoples

1200

1201

Maori

1200

1202

New Zealander

1000

1300

Melanesian and Papuan

1300

1301

New Caledonian

1300

1302

Ni-Vanuatu

1300

1303

Papua New Guinean

1300

1304

Solomon Islander

1300

1399

Melanesian and Papuan, nec

1000

1400

Micronesian

1400

1401

I-Kiribati

1400

1402

Nauruan

1400

1499

Micronesian, nec

1000

1500

Polynesian

1500

1501

Cook Islander

1500

1502

Fijian

1500

1503

Niuean

1500

1504

Samoan

1500

1505

Tongan

1500

1506

Hawaiian

1500

1507

Tahitian

1500

1508

Tokelauan

1500

1511

Tuvaluan

1500

1599

Polynesian, nec

 

 

 

North-West European

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

2000

 North-West European

2000

2100

British

2100

2101

English

2100

2102

Scottish

2100

2103

Welsh

2100

2104

Channel Islander

2100

2105

Manx

2100

2199

British, nec

2000

2200

Irish

2200

2201

Irish

2000

2300

Western European

2300

2301

Austrian

2300

2303

Dutch

2300

2304

Flemish

2300

2305

French

2300

2306

German

2300

2307

Swiss

2300

2311

Belgian

2300

2312

Frisian

2300

2313

Luxembourg

2300

2399

Western European, nec

2000

2400

Northern European

2400

2401

Danish

2400

2402

Finnish

2400

2403

Icelandic

2400

2404

Norwegian

2400

2405

Swedish

2400

2499

Northern European, nec

 

 

 

Southern and Eastern European

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

3000

 Southern and Eastern European

3000

3100

Southern European

3100

3101

Basque

3100

3102

Catalan

3100

3103

Italian

3100

3104

Maltese

3100

3105

Portuguese

3100

3106

Spanish

3100

3107

Gibraltarian

3100

3199

Southern European, nec

3000

3200

South Eastern European

3200

3201

Albanian

3200

3202

Bosnian

3200

3203

Bulgarian

3200

3204

Croatian

3200

3205

Greek

3200

3206

Macedonian

3200

3207

Moldovan

3200

3208

Montenegrin

3200

3211

Romanian

3200

3212

Roma/Gypsy

3200

3213

Serbian

3200

3214

Slovene

3200

3215

Cypriot

3200

3216

Vlach

3200

3299

South Eastern European, nec

3000

3300

Eastern European

3300

3301

Belarusan

3300

3302

Czech

3300

3303

Estonian

3300

3304

Hungarian

3300

3305

Latvian

3300

3306

Lithuanian

3300

3307

Polish

3300

3308

Russian

3300

3311

Slovak

3300

3312

Ukrainian

3300

3313

Sorb/Wend

3300

3399

Eastern European, nec

 

 

 

North African and Middle Eastern

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

4000

 North African and Middle Eastern

4000

4100

Arab

4100

4101

Algerian

4100

4102

Egyptian

4100

4103

Iraqi

4100

4104

Jordanian

4100

4105

Kuwaiti

4100

4106

Lebanese

4100

4107

Libyan

4100

4108

Moroccan

4100

4111

Palestinian

4100

4112

Saudi Arabian

4100

4113

Syrian

4100

4114

Tunisian

4100

4115

Yemeni

4100

4116

Bahraini

4100

4117

Emirati

4100

4118

Omani

4100

4121

Qatari

4100

4199

Arab, nec

4000

4200

Jewish

4200

4201

Jewish

4000

4300

Peoples of the Sudan

4300

4301

Bari

4300

4302

Darfu/Darfurian 

4300

4303

Dinka 

4300

4304

Nuer

4300

4305

South Sudanese

4300

4306

Sudanese

4300

4399

Peoples of the Sudan, nec

4000

4900

Other North African and Middle Eastern

4900

4902

Berber

4900

4903

Coptic

4900

4904

Iranian

4900

4905

Kurdish

4900

4907

Turkish

4900

4908

Assyrian

4900

4911

Chaldean

4900

4912

Mandaean

4900

4913

Nubian 

4900

4999

Other North African and Middle Eastern, nec

 

 

 

South-East Asian

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

5000

 South-East Asian

5000

5100

Mainland South-East Asian

5100

5101

Anglo-Burmese

5100

5102

Burmese

5100

5103

Hmong

5100

5104

Khmer (Cambodian)

5100

5105

Lao

5100

5106

Thai

5100

5107

Vietnamese

5100

5108

Karen

5100

5111

Mon

5100

5112

Chin

5100

5113

Rohingya

5100

5199

Mainland South-East Asian, nec

5000

5200

Maritime South-East Asian

5200

5201

Filipino

5200

5202

Indonesian

5200

5203

Javanese

5200

5204

Madurese

5200

5205

Malay

5200

5206

Sundanese

5200

5207

Timorese

5200

5208

Acehnese

5200

5211

Balinese

5200

5212

Bruneian

5200

5213

Kadazan

5200

5214

Singaporean

5200

5215

Temoq

5200

5299

Maritime South-East Asian, nec

 

 

 

North-East Asian

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

6000

 North-East Asian

6000

6100

Chinese Asian

6100

6101

Chinese

6100

6102

Taiwanese

6100

6199

Chinese Asian, nec

6000

6900

Other North-East Asian

6900

6901

Japanese

6900

6902

Korean

6900

6903

Mongolian

6900

6904

Tibetan

6900

6999

Other North-East Asian, nec

 

 

 

Southern and Central Asian

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

7000

 Southern and Central Asian

7000

7100

Southern Asian

7100

7101

Anglo-Indian

7100

7102

Bengali

7100

7103

Burgher

7100

7104

Gujarati

7100

7106

Indian

7100

7107

Malayali

7100

7111

Nepalese

7100

7112

Pakistani

7100

7113

Punjabi

7100

7114

Sikh

7100

7115

Sinhalese

7100

7117

Maldivian

7100

7118

Bangladeshi

7100

7121

Bhutanese

7100

7122

Fijian Indian 

7100

7123

Kashmiri

7100

7124

Parsi

7100

7125

Sindhi

7100

7126

Sri Lankan

7100

7127

Sri Lankan Tamil

7100

7128

Indian Tamil 

7100

7131

Tamil, nfd

7100

7132

Telugu

7100

7199

Southern Asian, nec

7000

7200

Central Asian

7200

7201

Afghan

7200

7202

Armenian

7200

7203

Georgian

7200

7204

Kazakh

7200

7205

Pathan

7200

7206

Uzbek

7200

7207

Azeri

7200

7208

Hazara

7200

7211

Tajik

7200

7212

Tatar

7200

7213

Turkmen

7200

7214

Uighur

7200

7215

Kyrgyz

7200

7299

Central Asian, nec

 

 

 

People of the Americas

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

8000

People of the Americas

8000

8100

North American

8100

8101

African American

8100

8102

American

8100

8103

Canadian

8100

8104

French Canadian

8100

8105

Hispanic (North American)

8100

8106

Native North American Indian

8100

8107

Bermudan

8100

8199

North American, nec

8000

8200

South American

8200

8201

Argentinian

8200

8202

Bolivian

8200

8203

Brazilian

8200

8204

Chilean

8200

8205

Colombian

8200

8206

Ecuadorian

8200

8207

Guyanese

8200

8208

Peruvian

8200

8211

Uruguayan

8200

8212

Venezuelan

8200

8213

Paraguayan

8200

8299

South American, nec

8000

8300

Central American

8300

8301

Mexican

8300

8302

Nicaraguan

8300

8303

Salvadoran

8300

8304

Costa Rican

8300

8305

Guatemalan

8300

8306

Mayan

8300

8399

Central American, nec

8000

8400

Caribbean Islander

8400

8401

Cuban

8400

8402

Jamaican

8400

8403

Trinidadian (Tobagonian)

8400

8404

Barbadian

8400

8405

Puerto Rican

8400

8499

Caribbean Islander, nec

 

 

 

Sub-Saharan African

PARENT ID

ETHNICITY ID

ETHNICITY

NULL

9000

 Sub-Saharan African

9000

9100

Central and West African

9100

9101

Akan

9100

9102

Fulani

9100

9103

Ghanaian

9100

9104

Nigerian

9100

9105

Yoruba

9100

9106

Ivorean

9100

9107

Liberian

9100

9108

Sierra Leonean

9100

9111

Acholi

9100

9112

Cameroonian

9100

9113

Congolese

9100

9114

Gio

9100

9115

Igbo

9100

9116

Krahn

9100

9117

Mandinka

9100

9118

Senegales

9100

9121

Themne

9100

9122

Togolese

9100

9199

Central and West African, nec

9000

9200

Southern and East African

9200

9201

Afrikaner

9200

9202

Angolan

9200

9203

Eritrean

9200

9204

Ethiopian

9200

9205

Kenyan

9200

9206

Malawian

9200

9207

Mauritian

9200

9208

Mozambican

9200

9211

Namibian

9200

9212

Oromo

9200

9213

Seychellois

9200

9214

Somali

9200

9215

South African

9200

9216

Tanzanian

9200

9217

Ugandan

9200

9218

Zambian

9200

9221

Zimbabwean

9200

9222

Amhara

9200

9223

Batswana

9200

9225

Hutu

9200

9226

Masai

9200

9228

Tigrayan

9200

9231

Tigre

9200

9232

Zulu

9200

9233

Burundian

9200

9234

Kunama

9200

9235

Madi (Ma'di)

9200

9236

Ogaden

9200

9237

Rwandan

9200

9238

Shona

9200

9241

Swahili

9200

9242

Swazilander

9200

9299

Southern and East African, nec