Appendix W.1: RACE AND NATIONALITY DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE 2000 CENSUS AND BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS

Note:  Use these lists only when race is not stated but other information is provided in the medical record.

See ALPHABETIC INDEX

References: 

  1. Race and Ethnicity Code Set, Version 1.0, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 2000.

  2. Instruction manual, part 4:  Classification And Coding Instructions For Death Records, 1999-2001, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, undated

Key

Use this code unless patient is stated to be Native American (Indian) or other race

*    Terms listed in reference 2, above.

!    Description of religious affiliation rather than stated nationality or ethnicity; should be used with caution when determining appropriate race code.

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CODE 01  WHITE

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CODE 02  BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

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CODE 03 AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

(see separate list of tribes tribes )

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ASIAN RACE CODES

Code

Definition

96

Amerasian

16

Asian Indian

15

Asian Indian or Pakistani, NOS

96

Asian

96

Asiatic

96

Bangladeshi

96

Bhutanese

96

Bornean

96

Bruneian

96

Burmese

13

Cambodian

96

Celebesian

96

Ceram

96

Ceylonese

04

Chinese

96

Eurasian

06

Filipino

12

Hmong

09

Indian (from India) Retired as of 1/1/2010, replaced by 15, 16, and 17.

96

Indo-Chinese

96

Indonesian

05

Iwo Jiman

05

Japanese

96

Javanese

13

Kampuchean

08

Korean

11

Laotian

96

Maldivian

96

Madagascar

96

Malaysian

96

Mongolian

96

Montagnard 

96

Nepalese

05

Okinawan

96

Oriental

96

Other Asian

17

Pakistani

96

Sikkimese

96

Singaporean

96

Sri Lankan

96

Sumatran

04

Taiwanese

14

Thai

96

Tibetan

10

Vietnamese

96

Whello

96

Yello

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NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER CODES

Code

Definition
20 Bikinian
20 Carolinian
21 Chamorro
20 Chuukese
25 Cook Islander
20 Eniwetok, Enewetak
31 Fijian
22 Guamanian
07 Hawaiian
20 Kirabati
20 Kosraean
20 Kwajalein
97 Maori
20 Mariana Islander
20 Marshallese
30 Melanesian
20 Micronesian, NOS
07 Native Hawaiian
97 Nauruan
30 New Caledonian
30 New Hebrides
97 Other Pacific Islander
97 Pacific Islander
20 Palauan
32 Papua New Guinean
07 Part Hawaiian
20 Pohnpeian
25 Polynesian
20 Ponapean
20 Saipanese
27 Samoan
30 Solomon Islander
26 Tahitian
20 Tarawan
20 Tinian
25 Tokelauan
28 Tongan
20 Trukese
25 Tuvaluan
30 Vanuatuan
20 Yapese

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98  OTHER RACE, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Do not use this code for Hispanic, Latino or Spanish, NOS.

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OTHER RACE DESCRIPTIONS

Note 1:  The following descriptions of ethnic origin cannot be coded to a specific race code.  Look for other descriptions of race in the medical record.  If no further information is available, code as 99 Unknown.

 

Note 2: The following terms self-reported in the 2000 Census cannot be coded to a specific race code. Look for other descriptions of race in the medical record. If no further information is available, code as 99 Unknown.

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Indian Tribes of the United States, Canada and Mexico  (Race Code 03)

Source:  National Center for Health Statistics:  Appendix C, Instruction Manual, part 4: Classification and Coding Instructions For Death Records, 1999-2001.

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