California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
Note: Use these lists only when race is not stated but other information is provided in the medical record.
See CODE LIST
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 |
Definition |
03 |
Abnaki |
03 |
Absentee-Shawnee |
03 |
Acoma |
01 |
Afghan, Afghanistani |
02 |
African |
02 |
African American |
01 |
Afrikaner |
02 |
Afro-American |
03 |
Ak Chin |
03 |
Alabama-Coushatt Tribes of Texas |
03 |
Alaska Native |
01 |
Albanian |
03 |
Aleut |
01 |
Algerian* |
03 |
Alsea |
96 |
Amerasian |
03 |
American Indian |
01 |
Amish* |
01 |
Anglo-Saxon* |
03 |
Apache |
01 |
Arab, Arabian |
03 |
Arapaho |
01 |
Argentinian* |
03 |
Arikara |
01 |
Armenian |
96 |
Asian |
16 |
Asian Indian |
15 |
Asian Indian or Pakistani, NOS |
96 |
Asiatic |
03 |
Assiniboin |
01 |
Assyrian |
03 |
Atacapa |
03 |
Athapaskan |
03 |
Atsina |
01 |
Australian* |
01 |
Austrian* |
01 |
Azores* |
03 |
Aztec |
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Code |
Definition |
02 |
Bahamian |
96 |
Bangladeshi |
02 |
Barbadian |
01 |
Basque* |
01 |
Bavarian* |
03 |
Bear River |
03 |
Beaver |
03 |
Bella Coola |
03 |
Beothuk |
96 |
Bhutanese |
20 |
Bikinian |
02 |
Bilalian* |
02 |
Black |
03 |
Blackfoot |
03 |
Blue Lake |
01 |
Bolivian* |
03 |
Boold Piegan |
96 |
Bornean |
02 |
Botswana |
01 |
Bozniak/Bosnian |
01 |
Brava/Bravo* |
01 |
Brazilian |
03 |
Brotherton |
96 |
Bruneian |
01 |
Bulgarian |
96 |
Burmese |
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Definition |
03 |
Caddo |
01 |
Cajun |
03 |
Cakchiquel-lenca |
03 |
Calapooya |
01 |
Californio |
13 |
Cambodian |
01 |
Canadian* |
02 |
Cape Verdean* |
20 |
Carolinian |
03 |
Carrier |
03 |
Catawba |
03 |
Cattaraugus |
01 |
Caucasian* |
03 |
Cayuga |
03 |
Cayuse |
96 |
Celebesian |
01 |
Central American |
03 |
Central American Indian |
96 |
Ceram |
96 |
Ceylonese |
21 |
Chamorro |
03 |
Chasta Costa |
01 |
Chechnyan |
03 |
Chehalis |
03 |
Chemehuevi |
03 |
Cherokee |
03 |
Chetco |
03 |
Cheyenne |
03 |
Cheyenne River Sioux |
01 |
Chicano* |
03 |
Chickahominy |
03 |
Chickasaw |
01 |
Chilean |
04 |
Chinese |
03 |
Chinook |
03 |
Chipewyan |
03 |
Chippewa |
03 |
Chippewa-Ojibwa |
03 |
Chiricahua Apache |
03 |
Chitimacha |
03 |
Choctaw |
03 |
Chol |
03 |
Chontal |
03 |
Chorti |
03 |
Chuckchansi |
03 |
Chumash |
20 |
Chuukese |
03 |
Clackamus |
03 |
Clallam |
03 |
Clatsop |
03 |
Clear Lake |
03 |
Coast Salish |
03 |
Cochimi |
03 |
Cochiti |
03 |
Cocopa |
03 |
Cocopah |
03 |
Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho |
01 |
Colombian* |
03 |
Columbia |
03 |
Colville |
03 |
Comanche |
03 |
Comox |
03 |
Concow |
03 |
Conquille |
25 |
Cook Islander |
01 |
Costa Rican* |
03 |
Coushatta |
03 |
Covelo |
03 |
Cow Creek |
03 |
Cowichan |
03 |
Cowlitz |
03 |
Coyotero Apache |
03 |
Cree |
03 |
Creek |
01 |
Creole* |
01 |
Croat/Croatian |
03 |
Crow |
03 |
Crow Creek Sioux |
01 |
Crucian* |
01 |
Cuban (unless specified as Black)* |
01 |
Cypriot |
01 |
Czechoslovakian* |
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Definition |
03 |
Dakota |
03 |
Delaware |
03 |
Diegueno |
03 |
Digger |
03 |
Dog Rib |
02 |
Dominica Islander (unless specified as White) |
02 |
Dominican/Dominican Republic (unless specified as White) |
03 |
Duckwater |
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Code |
Definition |
01 |
Eastern European |
01 |
Ebian* |
01 |
Ecuadorian* |
01 |
Egyptian |
01 |
English |
01 |
English-French* |
01 |
English-Irish* |
20 |
Eniwetok, Enewetak |
02 |
Eritrean* |
03 |
Eskimo |
02 |
Ethiopian |
03 |
Euchi |
96 |
Eurasian |
01 |
European* |
03 |
Eyak |
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Definition |
31 |
Fijian |
06 |
Filipino |
01 |
Finnish* |
03 |
Flathead |
03 |
Fort Hall Res. Tribe of Idaho |
01 |
French |
01 |
French Canadian* |
03 |
French Indian |
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Definition |
03 |
Gabrieleno |
03 |
Galice Creek |
03 |
Gay Head |
01 |
Georgian* |
01 |
German |
02 |
Ghanian* |
03 |
Gosiute |
01 |
Greek* |
03 |
Gros Ventre |
22 |
Guamanian |
01 |
Guatemalan |
01 |
Gypsy* |
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Definition |
03 |
Haida |
02 |
Haitian |
02 |
Hamitic* |
03 |
Han |
03 |
Hare |
03 |
Hat Creek |
07 |
Hawaiian |
03 |
Hawasupai |
01 |
Hebrew*! |
01 |
Herzegovenian |
03 |
Hidatsa |
01 |
Hispanic* |
12 |
Hmong |
03 |
Hoh |
01 |
Honduran |
03 |
Hoopa |
03 |
Hopi |
03 |
Houma |
03 |
Hualapai |
03 |
Huastec |
03 |
Humboldt Bay |
01 |
Hungarian* |
03 |
Hupa |
03 |
Huron |
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Code |
Definition |
03 |
Illinois |
09 |
Indian (from India) Retired as of 1/1/2010, replaced by 15, 16, and 17. |
96 |
Indo-Chinese |
96 |
Indonesian |
03 |
Ingalik |
03 |
Iowa |
01 |
Iranian, Iran |
01 |
Iraqi |
01 |
Irish |
03 |
Iroquois |
01 |
Islamic*! |
03 |
Isleta |
01 |
Israeli |
01 |
Italian |
05 |
Iwo Jiman |
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Definition |
02 |
Jamaican |
05 |
Japanese |
96 |
Javanese |
03 |
Jemez |
03 |
Jicarilla Apache |
01 |
Jordanian* |
03 |
Joshua |
03 |
Juaneno |
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Definition |
03 |
Kaibah |
03 |
Kalispel |
13 |
Kampuchean |
03 |
Kanosh Band of Paiutes |
03 |
Kansa |
03 |
Karankawa |
03 |
Karok |
03 |
Kaska |
03 |
Kaw |
03 |
Kawai |
02 |
Kenyan* |
03 |
Keresan Pueblos |
03 |
Kern River |
03 |
Kichai |
03 |
Kickapoo |
03 |
Kiowa |
03 |
Kiowa Apache |
20 |
Kirabati |
03 |
Kitamat |
03 |
KlamathKlikitat |
03 |
Koasati |
03 |
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho |
08 |
Korean |
20 |
Kosraean |
01 |
Kurd/Kurdish |
03 |
Kusa |
03 |
Kutchin |
03 |
Kutenai |
01 |
Kuwaitian* |
20 |
Kwajalein |
03 |
Kwakiutl |
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Definition |
03 |
Lac Courte Dreille |
01 |
Ladina/Ladino* |
03 |
Laguna |
03 |
Lakmuit |
11 |
Laotian |
01 |
Latin American* |
01 |
Latino/Latina |
01 |
Latvian* |
01 |
Lebanese |
02 |
Liberian |
01 |
Libyan* |
03 |
Lipan Apache |
01 |
Lithuanian* |
03 |
Lower Brule Sioux |
03 |
Luiseno |
03 |
Lummi |
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Definition |
96 |
Madagascar |
03 |
Maidu |
03 |
Makah |
02 |
Malawian* |
96 |
Malaysian |
96 |
Maldivian |
03 |
Malecite |
01 |
Maltese* |
03 |
Mandan |
97 |
Maori |
20 |
Mariana Islander |
03 |
Maricopa |
20 |
Marshallese |
01 |
Marshenese* |
03 |
Mary's River |
03 |
Mashpee |
03 |
Mattaponi |
01 |
Mauritian* |
03 |
Maya |
03 |
Mayo |
03 |
Mdewakanton Sioux |
01 |
Mediterranean* |
30 |
Melanesian |
03 |
Menominee |
03 |
Menomini |
03 |
Mequendodon |
03 |
Mescalero Apache |
03 |
Meso American Indian |
01 |
Mexican |
03 |
Mexican American Indian |
03 |
Miami |
03 |
Micmac |
20 |
Micronesian, NOS |
01 |
Middle Eastern |
03 |
Mission Indians |
03 |
Missouri |
03 |
Miwok |
03 |
Mixe |
03 |
Mixtec |
03 |
Modoc |
03 |
Mohave |
03 |
Mohawk |
03 |
Mohegan |
03 |
Molala |
03 |
Monachi |
96 |
Mongolian |
03 |
Mono |
03 |
Montagnais |
96 |
Montagnard |
03 |
Montauk |
01 |
Moroccan* |
01 |
Moslem*! |
03 |
Muckleshoot |
02 |
Mugandan* |
03 |
Munsee |
01 |
Muslim*! |
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Definition |
03 |
Nambe |
02 |
Namibian |
03 |
Namsemond |
03 |
Nanticoke |
03 |
Narragansett |
03 |
Naskapi |
02 |
Nassau* |
03 |
Natchez |
07 |
Native Hawaiian |
97 |
Nauruan |
03 |
Navaho |
03 |
Navajo |
01 |
Near Easterner |
02 |
Negro |
96 |
Nepalese |
30 |
New Caledonian |
30 |
New Hebrides |
03 |
Nez Perce |
03 |
Niantic |
01 |
Nicaraguan |
02 |
Nigerian |
02 |
Nigritian |
03 |
Nipmuck |
03 |
Nisenan-Patwin |
03 |
Nisqually |
03 |
Nomelaki |
03 |
Nooksak |
03 |
Nootka |
01 |
Nordic* |
01 |
North African |
03 |
Northern Paiute |
01 |
Norwegian* |
02 |
Nubian* |
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Definition |
03 |
Oglala Sioux |
03 |
Okanogan |
05 |
Okinawan |
03 |
Omaha |
03 |
Oneida |
03 |
Onondaga |
03 |
Opata |
03 |
Opato |
96 |
Oriental |
03 |
Osage |
02 |
Other African |
01 |
Other Arab |
96 |
Other Asian |
97 |
Other Pacific Islander |
98 |
Other race, not elsewhere classified |
03 |
Oto |
03 |
Otoe |
03 |
Otomi |
03 |
Ottawa |
03 |
Ozette |
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Definition |
97 |
Pacific Islander |
03 |
Paiute |
17 |
Pakistani |
20 |
Palauan |
01 |
Palestinian |
03 |
Pamunkey |
01 |
Panamanian |
03 |
Panamint |
03 |
Papago |
32 |
Papua New Guinean |
01 |
Paraguayan |
01 |
Parsi* |
07 |
Part Hawaiian |
03 |
Passamaquoddy |
03 |
Patwin |
03 |
Pawnee |
03 |
Pen d'Oreille |
03 |
Penobscot |
03 |
Peoria |
03 |
Pequot |
01 |
Persian* |
01 |
Peruvian* |
03 |
Picuris |
03 |
Pima |
03 |
Pit River |
20 |
Pohnpeian |
03 |
Pojoaque |
01 |
Polish |
25 |
Polynesian |
03 |
Pomo |
20 |
Ponapean |
03 |
Ponca |
03 |
Poosepatuck |
01 |
Portuguese* |
03 |
Potawatomi |
03 |
Potomac |
03 |
Powhatan |
03 |
Pueblos |
01 |
Puerto Rican (unless specified as Black) |
03 |
Puyallup |
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Definition |
03 |
Quapaw |
03 |
Quechan |
03 |
Quileute |
03 |
Quinaielt |
03 |
Quinault |
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Definition |
03 |
Rappahannock |
03 |
Rogue River |
01 |
Romanian* |
03 |
Rosebud Sioux |
01 |
Rumanian |
01 |
Russian* |
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Definition |
03 |
Sac and Fox |
03 |
Saginaw |
20 |
Saipanese |
03 |
Salish |
01 |
Salvadoran |
27 |
Samoan |
03 |
San Felipe |
03 |
San Ildefonso |
03 |
San Juan |
03 |
San Lorenzo |
03 |
San Luis Obispo |
03 |
San Luiseno |
03 |
Sandia |
03 |
Sanpoil |
03 |
Sanpoil Nespelem |
03 |
Santa Barbara |
03 |
Santa Clara |
03 |
Santa Ynez |
03 |
Sant'ana |
03 |
Santee |
03 |
Santee Sioux |
03 |
Santiam |
02 |
Santo Domingo* |
01 |
Saudi Arabian* |
03 |
Sauk and Fox |
01 |
Scandinavian* |
03 |
Scaticook |
01 |
Scottish, Scotch |
03 |
Sekane |
03 |
Seminole |
01 |
Semitic*! |
03 |
Seneca |
01 |
Serbian* |
03 |
Seri |
01 |
Servian* |
02 |
Seychelloise* |
03 |
Shasta |
03 |
Shawnee |
01 |
Shi'ite! |
03 |
Shinnecock |
03 |
Shivwits Band of Paiutes |
03 |
Shoshone |
03 |
Shoshone-Bannock |
03 |
Shuswap |
01 |
Sicilian* |
96 |
Sikkimese |
96 |
Singaporean |
03 |
Siouans |
03 |
Sioux |
03 |
Sisseton |
03 |
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux |
03 |
Siuslaw |
03 |
Skagit Suiattle |
03 |
Skokomish |
03 |
Slave |
01 |
Slavic, Slovakian* |
03 |
Smith River |
03 |
Snake |
03 |
Snohomish |
03 |
Snoqualmi |
30 |
Solomon Islander |
03 |
Songish Southern Paiute |
01 |
South American |
03 |
South American Indian |
03 |
Spanish American Indian |
01 |
Spanish*, Spaniard |
03 |
Squaxin |
96 |
Sri Lankan |
03 |
Stockbridge |
02 |
Sudanese* |
96 |
Sumatran |
03 |
Sumo-Mosquito |
01 |
Sunni*! |
03 |
Suquamish |
01 |
Swedish* |
03 |
Swinomish |
01 |
Syrian |
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Definition |
23 |
Tahitian |
03 |
Taimskin |
04 |
Taiwanese |
03 |
Tanana |
03 |
Tanoan Pueblos |
02 |
Tanzanian* |
03 |
Taos |
03 |
Tarahumare |
03 |
Tarascan |
20 |
Tarawan |
03 |
Tawakoni |
03 |
Tejon |
03 |
Tenino or Warm Springs |
03 |
Tesuque |
03 |
Teton |
03 |
Teton Sioux |
14 |
Thai |
03 |
Thlinget |
96 |
Tibetan |
03 |
Tillamook |
03 |
Timucua |
20 |
Tinian |
02 |
Tobagoan |
02 |
Togolese* |
25 |
Tokelauan |
03 |
Tolowa |
03 |
Tonawanda |
28 |
Tongan |
03 |
Tonkawa |
03 |
Tonto Apache |
03 |
Topinish |
03 |
Totonac |
02 |
Trinidadian |
20 |
Trukese |
03 |
Tsimshian |
03 |
Tulalip |
03 |
Tule River Indians |
03 |
Tunica |
01 |
Tunisian* |
01 |
Turkish, Turk* |
03 |
Tuscarora |
03 |
Tututni |
25 |
Tuvaluan |
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Definition |
01 |
Ukranian* |
03 |
Umatilla |
03 |
Umpqua |
01 |
United Arab Emirati |
03 |
Upper Chinook |
01 |
Uruguayan |
03 |
Ute |
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Definition |
30 |
Vanuatuan |
01 |
Venezuelan* |
10 |
Vietnamese |
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Definition |
03 |
Waca |
03 |
Waicuri-Pericue |
03 |
Wailaki |
03 |
Walapai |
03 |
Walla Walla |
03 |
Wampanoag |
03 |
Wapato |
03 |
Warm Springs |
03 |
Wasco |
03 |
Washo |
03 |
Washoe |
01 |
Welsh* |
02 |
West Indian |
03 |
Western Apache |
03 |
Western Shoshone |
96 |
Whello |
03 |
Whilkut |
01 |
White |
03 |
Wichita |
03 |
Wikchamni |
03 |
Wind River Shoshone |
03 |
Winnebago |
03 |
Wintu |
03 |
Wintun |
03 |
Wishram |
03 |
Wyandotte |
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Definition |
03 |
Xicaque |
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Definition |
03 |
Yahooskin |
03 |
Yakima |
03 |
Yamel |
03 |
Yana |
03 |
Yankton |
03 |
Yanktonnais Sioux |
20 |
Yapese |
03 |
Yaqui |
03 |
Yaquina |
03 |
Yavapai |
03 |
Yawilmani |
96 |
Yello |
03 |
Yellow Knife |
01 |
Yemenite* |
03 |
Yerington Paiute |
03 |
Yokuts |
03 |
Yokuts-Mono |
03 |
Yomba Shoshone |
03 |
Yuchi |
01 |
Yugoslavian* |
03 |
Yuki |
03 |
Yuma |
03 |
Yurok |
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Definition |
03 |
Zacatec |
02 |
Zairean |
03 |
Zapotec |
03 |
Zia |
03 |
Zoque |
01 |
Zoroastrian*! |
03 |
Zuni |
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