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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040078 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Jul-2002
Superseded
23-May-2012
Standard
01-Jul-2002
30-Jun-2012
State of usual residence.
State of usual residence
State (HBCIS)
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1New South Wales
2Victoria
3Queensland
4South Australia
5Western Australia
6Tasmania
7Northern Territory
8Australian Capital Territory
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
0Overseas
9Not stated/unknown/no fixed address/at sea
Collection and Usage Attributes
Allocate Australian External Territories their actual state code, not an overseas state code. Australian External Territories include the following: Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island.
Must be used with other items to distinguish between categories such as "overseas" and "at sea". Do not rely on the postcode as there are some Queensland postcodes for patients who live over the border in other States such as New South Wales.
The Statistical Services Branch (SSB) maintains a corporately standardised file of suburbs, postcodes, states and associated Statistical Local Areas. The content of this locality data set is derived from two main sources, the ABS and Australia Post, with supplementary data supplied by Queensland Health.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides annual releases on 1 July each year of the NLI, Street Sub-Index and ASGC data. Quarterly updates are now also received and loaded into CRDS. Australia Post data is downloaded from their website at the same time as the ABS updates are received for synchronisation of data. Ad hoc additions are made to the locality data set as advised by the source organisations.
The most up-to-date locality file and associated documentation are available from the Corporate Reference Data System (CRDS). The CRDS file can be browsed in QHEPS via INTERNAL QH LINK NOT AVAILABLE or an extract can be requested via email crds@health.qld.gov.au.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementState of usual residenceQH 040078 Version 1Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementPerson (address)-Australian state/territory of usual residenceQH 040078 Version 3Current
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementAddress of usual residenceQH 040079 Version 1Superseded
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementPostcode of usual residenceQH 040081 Version 3Superseded
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-Jul-200230-Jun-2012
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200230-Jun-2012
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)QH 020003 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200230-Jun-2012
Source and Reference Attributes