Detailed code The codes used to report ethnicity to MOH are taken from the Statistics table 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 to code healthcare user’s self-identified ethnicities. MOH Country of Ethnicity Ethnicity Affiliation code 37 Admiralty Islander 41 Burmese 44 Afghani 12 Byelorussian 53 African American 41 Cambodian 53 African nec 42 Cambodian Chinese 53 African nfd 12 Canadian 12 Afrikaner 37 Caroline Islander 32 Aitutaki Islander 12 Celtic nfd 12 Albanian 61 Central American Indian 51 Algerian 37 Chamorro 12 American (US) 12 Channel Islander 51 Arab 52 Chilean 52 Argentinian 42 Chinese nec 12 Armenian 42 Chinese nfd 44 Asian nec 52 Colombian 40 Asian nfd 32 Cook Island nfd 51 Assyrian 12 Cornish 32 Atiu Islander 12 Corsican 37 Austral Islander 52 Costa Rican 12 Australian 52 Creole (Latin America) 37 Australian Aboriginal 53 Creole (US) 12 Austrian 12 Croat/Croatian 37 Banaban 12 Cypriot nfd 44 Bangladeshi 12 Czech 37 Islander 12 Dalmatian 12 Belgian 12 Danish 12 Belorussian 12 Dutch/Netherlands 43 Bengali 37 Easter Islander 37 Bismark Archipelagoan 52 Ecuadorian 52 Bolivian 51 Egyptian 12 Bosnian 12 English 37 Bougainvillean 53 Eritrean 52 Brazilian 12 Estonian 12 British nec 53 Ethiopian 12 British nfd 44 Eurasian 12 Bulgarian 10 European nfd 12 Burgher 12 Falkland Islander/Kelper
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 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 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 nfd 12 Cornish 12 Corsican 52 Costa Rican 52 Creole (Latin America) 53 Creole (US) 12 Croat/Croatian 12 Cypriot nfd 12 Czech 12 Dalmatian 12 Danish 12 Dutch/Netherlands 37 Easter Islander 52 Ecuadorian 51 Egyptian 12 English 53 Eritrean 12 Estonian 53 Ethiopian 44 Eurasian 10 European nfd 12 Falkland Islander/Kelper
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