Ethnicity


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OpenSAFELY
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opensafely/ethnicity
Version
2020-04-27

Description

A list of ethnicity codes in use in UK general practice including aggregate grouping at two levels.

Methodology

An initial long list of ethnicity codes was provided from a paper on the Completeness and Usability of Ethnicity Data in UK-based Primary Care and Hospital Databases. This list was further iterated by aggregating ethnicity to parent ethnicity at two levels based on a list provided by Rohini Mathur, the first author on the above paper. This task was completed independently by Ieva Lipsa, Alex J Walker and Brian MacKenna. Any divergence was resolved through discussion between AJW and BMK.

References

Signed off by

  • Brian MacKenna, EBM Datalab (April 22, 2020)
  • Alex Walker, EBM Datalab (April 22, 2020)

This definition has been computed by taking the manually created full codelist and converting it to a list of rules that define the codelist.

Description Code Grouping_16 Grouping_6
Race: Caucasian 134B. 1 1
Race - British Y9930 1 1
White - ethnic group 9S1.. 1 1
White British XaFwD 1 1
Other white British ethnic group XaIui 1 1
British or mixed British - ethnic category 2001 census XaJQv 1 1
White British - ethnic category 2001 census XaQEa 1 1
White:Eng/Welsh/Scot/NI/Brit - England and Wales 2011 census XactH 1 1
Irish (NMO) 9SA9. 2 1
White Irish XaFwE 2 1
Irish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJQw 2 1
Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSN 2 1
White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census XaQEb 2 1
White: Irish - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census XactI 2 1
White: Irish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census Xacuu 2 1
Race - Mediterranean Y9932 3 1
Greek &/or Greek Cypriot (NMO) 9SAA. 3 1
Turkish &/or Turkish Cypriot (NMO) 9SAB. 3 1
Other European (NMO) 9SAC. 3 1
New Zealand European 9T11. 3 1
Greek/Greek Cypriot (NMO) XE2Nz 3 1
Turkish/Turkish Cypriot (NMO) XE2O0 3 1
Greek (NMO) XM1SF 3 1
Greek Cypriot (NMO) XM1SG 3 1
Turkish (NMO) XM1SH 3 1
Turkish Cypriot (NMO) XM1SI 3 1
Gypsies XS7AU 3 1
Other white ethnic group XaFwF 3 1
Irish traveller XaFx2 3 1
White Scottish XaIuh 3 1
Other White background - ethnic category 2001 census XaJQx 3 1
English - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRC 3 1
Scottish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRD 3 1
Welsh - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRE 3 1
Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRF 3 1
Cornish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRG 3 1
Cypriot (part not stated) - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRg 3 1
Ulster Scots - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRh 3 1
Greek - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRi 3 1
Greek Cypriot - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRj 3 1
Turkish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRk 3 1
Turkish Cypriot - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRl 3 1
Italian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRm 3 1
Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSB 3 1
Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSC 3 1
Gypsy/Romany - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSD 3 1
Polish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSE 3 1
Baltic Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanian - ethn categ 2001 census XaJSF 3 1
Commonwealth (Russian) Indep States - ethn categ 2001 census XaJSG 3 1
Kosovan - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSH 3 1
Albanian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSI 3 1
Bosnian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSJ 3 1
Croatian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSK 3 1
Serbian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSL 3 1
Other republics former Yugoslavia - ethnic categ 2001 census XaJSM 3 1
Other mixed White - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSO 3 1
Oth White European/European unsp/Mixed European 2001 census XaJSP 3 1
Other White or White unspecified ethnic category 2001 census XaJSQ 3 1
Romanian XaR4o 3 1
Bulgarian XaR4p 3 1
Czech XaR61 3 1
Slovak XaVw5 3 1
Portuguese XaW8w 3 1
White: Gypsy/Irish Traveller - Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census XactJ 3 1
White: other White backgrd- Eng+Wales ethnic cat 2011 census XactK 3 1
White - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census XacuQ 3 1
Irish Traveller - Northern Ireland ethnic cat 2011 census XacuR 3 1
White: Scottish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census Xacus 3 1
White: other British - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census Xacut 3 1
White: Gypsy/Irish Traveller - Scotland ethnic cat 2011 cens Xacuv 3 1
White: Polish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census Xacux 3 1
White: other White ethnic grp- Scotland ethnic cat 2011 cens Xacuy 3 1
Slovak Roma XaedN 3 1
Czech Roma XaedQ 3 1
Hungarian Roma XaedS 3 1
Polish Roma XaedT 3 1
Romanian Roma XaedU 3 1
Roma ethnic group XaedV 3 1
Bulgarian Roma XaedW 3 1
Traveller Y1527 3 1
Black Caribbean and White XaIB5 4 2
White and Black Caribbean - ethnic category 2001 census XaJQy 4 2
Mixed: White+Black Caribbean - Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census XactL 4 2
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean - NI ethnic cat 2011 census XacuS 4 2
Race: Afro-caucasian 134L. 5 2
Black African and White XaIB6 5 2
White and Black African - ethnic category 2001 census XaJQz 5 2
Mixed: White+Black African - Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census Xactd 5 2
Mixed: White and Black African - NI ethnic cat 2011 census XacuT 5 2
Other ethnic, Asian/White orig 9SB2. 6 2
White and Asian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR0 6 2
Mixed: White+Asian - Eng+Wales ethnic category 2011 census Xacte 6 2
Mixed: White and Asian - NI ethnic category 2011 census XacuU 6 2
Race: Mixed 134J. 7 2
Black - other, mixed 9S5.. 7 2
Black - other, mixed 9S5.. 7 2
Other Black - Black/White orig 9S51. 7 2
Other Black - Black/White orig 9S51. 7 2
Other Black - Black/Asian orig 9S52. 7 2
Other Black - Black/Asian orig 9S52. 7 2
Other ethnic, mixed origin 9SB.. 7 2
Other ethnic, Black/White orig 9SB1. 7 2
Other ethnic, mixed white orig 9SB3. 7 2
Other ethnic, other mixed orig 9SB4. 7 2
Mixed ethnic census group XaFwG 7 2
Other Mixed background - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR1 7 2
Black and Asian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRH 7 2
Black and Chinese - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRI 7 2
Black and White - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRJ 7 2
Chinese and White - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRK 7 2
Asian and Chinese - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRL 7 2
Other Mixed or Mixed unspecified ethnic category 2001 census XaJRM 7 2
Mixed Asian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRN 7 2
Mixed Black - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRY 7 2
Mixed: other Mixed/multiple backgrd - Eng+Wales 2011 census Xactf 7 2
Mixed: other Mixed/multiple ethnic backgrd - NI 2011 census Xacua 7 2
Mixed/multiple ethnic grps: any- Scot ethnic cat 2011 census Xacuz 7 2
Race - Indian Y9931 8 3
Indian 9S6.. 8 3
Indian sub-continent (NMO) 9SA7. 8 3
Indian or British Indian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR2 8 3
Asian/Asian Brit: Indian - Eng+Wales ethnic cat 2011 census Xactg 8 3
Asian or Asian British: Indian - NI ethnic cat 2011 census Xacuc 8 3
Asian: Indian, Indian Scot/Indian Brit- Scotland 2011 census Xacv2 8 3
Race: Pakistani 134M. 9 3
Pakistani 9S7.. 9 3
Pakistani or British Pakistani - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR3 9 3
Asian/Asian British:Pakistani- Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census Xacth 9 3
Asian/Asian British: Pakistani - NI ethnic cat 2011 census Xacui 9 3
Asian: Pakistani/Pakistani Scot/Pakistani Brit- Scot 2011 Xacv0 9 3
Race: Bangladeshi 134I. 10 3
Bangladeshi 9S8.. 10 3
Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi - ethn categ 2001 census XaJR4 10 3
Asian/Asian Brit: Bangladeshi- Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census Xacti 10 3
Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi - NI ethnic cat 2011 census Xacuj 10 3
Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi Scot or Bangladeshi Brit- Scot 2011 Xacv5 10 3
E Afric Asian &/or Indo-Carib (NMO) 9SA6. 11 3
Other Asian (NMO) 9SA8. 11 3
South East Asian 9T1B. 11 3
Other Asian 9T1E. 11 3
E Afric Asian/Indo-Carib (NMO) XE2Ny 11 3
East African Asian (NMO) XM1SD 11 3
Indo-Caribbean (NMO) XM1SE 11 3
Asian - ethnic group XaFwz 11 3
Other Asian ethnic group XaFx0 11 3
Other Asian background - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR5 11 3
Punjabi - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRO 11 3
Kashmiri - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRP 11 3
East African Asian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRQ 11 3
Sri Lankan - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRR 11 3
Tamil - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRS 11 3
Sinhalese - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRT 11 3
British Asian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRU 11 3
Caribbean Asian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRV 11 3
Other Asian or Asian unspecified ethnic category 2001 census XaJRW 11 3
Nepali XaW95 11 3
Asian/Asian Brit: other Asian- Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census Xactk 11 3
Asian/Asian British: other Asian - NI ethnic cat 2011 census Xacul 11 3
Asian: other Asian group - Scotland ethnic cat 2011 census XacvG 11 3
Race: Afro-Caribbean 134H. 12 4
Race: West indian 134K. 12 4
Black Caribbean 9S2.. 12 4
Black Caribbean &/or W.I. &/or Guyana 9S42. 12 4
Caribbean I. &/or W.I. &/or Guyana (NMO) 9SA3. 12 4
Black Caribbean/W.I./Guyana XE2Nt 12 4
Caribbean I./W.I./Guyana (NMO) XE2Nw 12 4
Caribbean Island (NMO) XM1S8 12 4
West Indian (NMO) XM1S9 12 4
Black West Indian XaBz7 12 4
Caribbean - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR6 12 4
Carib/Black: Caribbean/Carib Scot/Carib Brit- Scotland 2011 XacvJ 12 4
Black African 9S3.. 13 4
Other African countries (NMO) 9SA5. 13 4
Black North African XM1S3 13 4
African - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR7 13 4
North African - ethnic category 2001 census XaJST 13 4
African: African/African Scot/African Brit - Scotland 2011 XacvH 13 4
African: any other African - Scotland ethnic cat 2011 census XacvI 13 4
Black, other, non-mixed origin 9S4.. 14 4
Black British 9S41. 14 4
Black N African &/or Arab &/or Iranian 9S43. 14 4
Black - other African country 9S44. 14 4
Black E Afric Asia &/or Indo-Caribb 9S45. 14 4
Black Indian sub-continent 9S46. 14 4
Black - other Asian 9S47. 14 4
Black Black - other 9S48. 14 4
Black N African/Arab/Iranian XE2Nu 14 4
Black East African Asian/Indo-Caribbean XE2Nv 14 4
Black Arab XM1S4 14 4
Black Iranian XM1S5 14 4
Black East African Asian XM1S6 14 4
Black Indo-Caribbean XM1S7 14 4
Guyana (NMO) XM1SA 14 4
Black Guyana XaBz8 14 4
Black - ethnic group XaFwH 14 4
Other black ethnic group XaFwy 14 4
Other Black background - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR8 14 4
Somali - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRX 14 4
Nigerian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRZ 14 4
Black British - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRa 14 4
Other Black or Black unspecified ethnic category 2001 census XaJRb 14 4
Black/African/Carib/Black Brit: African- Eng+Wales 2011 cens Xactl 14 4
Black/African/Caribbn/Black Brit: Caribbean - Eng+Wales 2011 Xactm 14 4
Black/Afr/Carib/Black Brit: other Black- Eng+Wales 2011 cens Xactn 14 4
Black/Afri/Carib/Black Brit: African- NI eth cat 2011 census Xacum 14 4
Black/Afri/Carib/Black Brit: Caribbean- NI eth cat 2011 cens Xacun 14 4
Black/Afri/Carib/Black Brit: other - NI eth cat 2011 census Xacuo 14 4
Carib/Black: Black/Black Scot/Black Brit- Scotland 2011 cens XacvZ 14 4
Carib/Black: any other Black/Caribbean grp - Scotland 2011 Xacva 14 4
Chinese 9T1C. 15 5
Chinese 9T1C. 15 5
Chinese - ethnic category 2001 census XaJR9 15 5
Asian/Asian Brit: Chinese - Eng+Wales ethnic cat 2011 census Xactj 15 5
Asian/Asian British: Chinese - NI ethnic cat 2011 census Xacuk 15 5
Asian: Chinese - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census XacvF 15 5
Race: Arab 134C. 16 5
Race: Chinese 134D. 16 5
Race: Japanese 134E. 16 5
Race: Korean 134F. 16 5
Race: Oriental 134G. 16 5
Race: Other X76Gp 16 5
Other ethnic non-mixed (NMO) 9SA.. 16 5
Brit. ethnic minor. spec.(NMO) 9SA1. 16 5
Brit. ethnic minor. unsp (NMO) 9SA2. 16 5
N African Arab &/or Iranian (NMO) 9SA4. 16 5
Other ethnic NEC (NMO) 9SAD. 16 5
New Zealand ethnic groups 9T1.. 16 5
Other European in New Zealand 9T12. 16 5
New Zealand Maori 9T13. 16 5
Samoan 9T14. 16 5
Cook Island Maori 9T15. 16 5
Tongan 9T16. 16 5
Niuean 9T17. 16 5
Tokelauan 9T18. 16 5
Fijian 9T19. 16 5
Other Pacific ethnic group 9T1A. 16 5
Other New Zealand ethnic group 9T1Y. 16 5
New Zealand ethnic group NOS 9T1Z. 16 5
N African Arab/Iranian (NMO) XE2Nx 16 5
North African Arab (NMO) XM1SB 16 5
Iranian (NMO) XM1SC 16 5
Vietnamese XaE4A 16 5
Other ethnic group XaFx1 16 5
Other - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRA 16 5
Vietnamese - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRc 16 5
Japanese - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRd 16 5
Filipino - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRe 16 5
Malaysian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJRf 16 5
Jewish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSR 16 5
Arab - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSS 16 5
Mid East (excl Israeli, Iranian & Arab) - eth cat 2001 cens XaJSU 16 5
Israeli - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSV 16 5
Iranian - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSW 16 5
Kurdish - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSX 16 5
Moroccan - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSY 16 5
Latin American - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSZ 16 5
South and Central American - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSa 16 5
Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/St Helena eth cat 2001census XaJSb 16 5
Buddhist - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSc 16 5
Hindu - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSd 16 5
Muslim - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSe 16 5
Sikh - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSf 16 5
Any other group - ethnic category 2001 census XaJSg 16 5
Yemeni XaN9x 16 5
Other ethnic group: Arab - Eng+Wales ethnic cat 2011 census Xacto 16 5
Other ethnic: any other grp - Eng+Wales eth cat 2011 census Xactp 16 5
Other ethnic group: Arab - NI ethnic category 2011 census Xacup 16 5
Other ethnic group: any other grp- NI ethnic cat 2011 census Xacuq 16 5
Other ethnic grp: Arab/Arab Scot/Arab British- Scotland 2011 Xacvb 16 5
Other ethnic grp: any other ethnic grp- Scotland 2011 census Xacvc 16 5

Codes not in the full codelist are in faint grey.