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Data Element Detail

Country of birth
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040161 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Jul-1984		Superseded
30-Jun-1994
Standard
01-Jul-1984
30-Jun-1994
The country in which the person was born.
Ethnicity is an important concept, both in the study of disease patterns and in the need for and provision of services. Country of birth is the most easily collected and consistently reported of possible ethnicity data items. It is recognised that country of birth is one of a number surrogate measures for ethnicity.
Country of birth
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N(2)
1
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Valid codes from an ABS Census list of countries (available from the Client Services Unit, Health Information Centre, Queensland Health)
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
The country list used was obtained from the ABS census database. Later the ABS developed the Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics, which was later adopted by Qld Health (see version 2).
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementCountry of birthQH 040161 Version 2Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Cancer Registry (QCR) Data CollectionQH 020002 Version 1Superseded01-Jan-198230-Jun-1994
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-198430-Jun-1994
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)QH 020003 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jan-198730-Jun-1994
Source and Reference Attributes
CRDI; CRDI EDC; CRDI QHAPDC; CRDI QPDC; Country; Nationality;