Detailed code table The codes used to report ethnicity to MOH are taken from the Statistics NZ Statistical Standard for Ethnicity 2005. This classification is a very detailed 5-digit code: only the first two digits (shown in the table below) are reported to MOH. Use this table to code healthcare user’s self-identified ethnicities. MOH Country of Ethnicity Ethnicity Affiliation code 37 Admiralty Islander 37 Bismark Archipelagoan 44 Afghani 52 Bolivian 53 African American 12 Bosnian 53 African nec 37 Bougainvillean 53 African nfd 52 Brazilian 12 Afrikaner 12 British nec 32 Aitutaki Islander 12 British nfd 12 Albanian 12 Bulgarian 51 Algerian 12 Burgher 12 American (US) 41 Burmese 51 Arab 12 Byelorussian 52 Argentinian 41 Cambodian 12 Armenian 42 Cambodian Chinese 44 Asian nec 12 Canadian 40 Asian nfd 37 Caroline Islander 51 Assyrian 12 Celtic nfd 32 Atiu Islander 61 Central American Indian 37 Austral Islander 37 Chamorro 12 Australian 12 Channel Islander 37 Australian Aboriginal 52 Chilean 12 Austrian 42 Chinese nec 37 Banaban 42 Chinese nfd 44 Bangladeshi 52 Colombian 37 Belau/Palau Islander 32 Cook Island Māori nfd 12 Belgian 12 Cornish 12 Belorussian 12 Corsican 43 Bengali 52 Costa Rican
Detailed code table The codes used to report ethnicity to MOH are taken from the Statistics NZ Statistical Standard for Ethnicity 2005. This classification is a very detailed 5-digit code: only the first two digits (shown in the table below) are reported to MOH. Use this table to code healthcare user’s self-identified ethnicities. MOH Ethnicity code Country of Ethnicity Affiliation 37 Admiralty Islander 44 Afghani 53 African American 53 African nec 53 African nfd 12 Afrikaner 32 Aitutaki Islander 12 Albanian 51 Algerian 12 American (US) 51 Arab 52 Argentinian 12 Armenian 44 Asian nec 40 Asian nfd 51 Assyrian 32 Atiu Islander 37 Austral Islander 12 Australian 37 Australian Aboriginal 12 Austrian 37 Banaban 44 Bangladeshi 37 Belau/Palau Islander 12 Belgian 12 Belorussian 43 Bengali 37 Bismark Archipelagoan 52 Bolivian 12 Bosnian 37 Bougainvillean 52 Brazilian 12 British nec 12 British nfd 12 Bulgarian 12 Burgher 41 Burmese 12 Byelorussian 41 Cambodian 42 Cambodian Chinese 12 Canadian 37 Caroline Islander 12 Celtic nfd 61 Central American Indian 37 Chamorro 12 Channel Islander 52 Chilean 42 Chinese nec 42 Chinese nfd 52 Colombian 32 Cook Island Māori nfd 12 Cornish 12 Corsican 52 Costa Rican