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 table to code healthcare user’s self-identified ethnicities. MOH Country of Ethnicity Ethnicity Affiliation code 37 Admiralty Islander 51 Assyrian 44 Afghani 32 Atiu Islander 53 African American 37 Austral Islander 53 African nec 12 Australian 53 African nfd 37 Australian Aboriginal 12 Afrikaner 12 Austrian 32 Aitutaki Islander 37 Banaban 12 Albanian 44 Bangladeshi 51 Algerian 37 Belau/Palau Islander 12 American (US) 12 Belgian 51 Arab 12 Belorussian 52 Argentinian 43 Bengali 12 Armenian 37 Bismark Archipelagoan 44 Asian nec 52 Bolivian 40 Asian nfd 12 Bosnian
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
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