Person—Australian state/territory identifier, Health care client code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Australian state/territory identifier |
| Synonymous names: | Australian state/territory identifier |
| METEOR identifier: | 270041 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Retired 01/09/2005 Health, Retired 01/09/2005 |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—Australian state/territory identifier |
| Value Domain: | Health care client Australian state/territory code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | New South Wales |
| 2 | Victoria | |
| 3 | Queensland | |
| 4 | South Australia | |
| 5 | Western Australia | |
| 6 | Tasmania | |
| 7 | Northern Territory | |
| 8 | Australian Capital Territory | |
| 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) | |
| Supplementary values: | 0 | Overseas address |
| NULL | Unknown address state | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | When used specifically in the collection of address information for a client, the following local implementation rules may be applied:
The order presented here is the standard for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Other organisations (including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) publish data in state order based on population (that is, Western Australia before South Australia and Australian Capital Territory before Northern Territory). Irrespective of how the information is coded, conversion of the codes to the ABS standard must be possible. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). Cat. no. 1216.0. Canberra: ABS. Reference through: http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/StatsLibrary |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australian Bureau of Statistics Health Data Standards Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from  Australian State/Territory identifier, version 4, DE, Int. NCSDD & NHDD, NCSIMG & NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (18.8 KB)No registration status |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Health care client identification Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 |