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Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2011) NNNN

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termCountry of birth
METEOR identifier:Help on this term459973
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Health, Superseded 06/12/2016
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 08/03/2017
  • WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
  • Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022
Definition:Help on this term

The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—country of birth

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2011
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termNNNN
Maximum character length:Help on this term4

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2011 (SACC) is a four-digit, three-level hierarchical structure specifying major group, minor group and country.

A country, even if it comprises other discrete political entities such as states, is treated as a single unit for all data domain purposes. Parts of a political entity are not included in different groups. Thus, Hawaii is included in Northern America (as part of the identified country United States of America), despite being geographically close to and having similar social and cultural characteristics as the units classified to Polynesia.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this term

Some data collections ask respondents to specify their country of birth. In others, a pre-determined set of countries is specified as part of the question, usually accompanied by an ‘other (please specify)’ category.

Recommended questions are:

In which country were you/was the person/was (name) born?

Australia

Other (please specify)

Alternatively, a list of countries may be used based on, for example common Census responses.

In which country were you/was the person/was (name) born?

Australia

England

New Zealand

Italy

Vietnam

India

Scotland

Philippines

Greece

Germany

Other (please specify)

In either case coding of data should conform to the SACC.

Sometimes respondents are simply asked to specify whether they were born in either 'English speaking' or 'non-English speaking' countries but this question is of limited use and this method of collection is not recommended.

Comments:Help on this term

This metadata item is consistent with that used in the ABS collection methods and is recommended for use whenever there is a requirement for comparison with ABS data (last viewed 2/6/2008).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2008) NNNN
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011
  • Health, Superseded 22/11/2011
  • Homelessness, Superseded 13/10/2011
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 13/10/2011
Has been superseded by Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN
  • Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022
  • Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
  • Disability, Standard 15/12/2017
  • Health, Standard 06/12/2016
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2016-17
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 28/02/2017
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient care DSS 2013-2014
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS
Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) NBPDS 2013-
Health, Standard 02/05/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Admitted patient care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 02/05/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 11/04/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Admitted patient care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Admitted patient care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 10/11/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 02/05/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 15/10/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 04/02/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 02/05/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 15/10/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 04/02/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 07/02/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2013-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2015-18
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS
Health, Superseded 17/10/2018

Community mental health care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 07/02/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Community mental health care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Community mental health care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Community mental health care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 04/09/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Community mental health care NMDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 17/08/2017
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Cultural and language diversity cluster
Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information: This data element should be reported for the individual and may also extend to the country of birth of their mother and father.

Disability Services NMDS 2012-14
Community Services (retired), Standard 13/03/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014
DSS specific information:

For the DS NMDS, the 10 most frequently reported countries of birth are listed on data collection forms to simplify data collection and minimise coding load on service type outlets and funding departments. Where the country of birth is known but is not specified in the classification below, (i.e., is ‘other country’), funded agencies should specify it on primary data collection forms. These will then be coded by funding departments to the appropriate SACC code.


Disability Services NMDS 2014-15
Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015
DSS specific information:

For the Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), the 10 most frequently reported countries of birth are listed on data collection forms to simplify data collection and minimise coding load on service type outlets and funding departments. Where the country of birth is known but is not specified in the classification below, (i.e., is ‘other country’), funded agencies should specify it on primary data collection forms. These will then be coded by funding departments to the appropriate Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) code.


Disability Services NMDS 2015–16
Disability, Superseded 28/09/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016
DSS specific information:

In the Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), the 10 most frequently reported countries of birth are listed on data collection forms to simplify data collection and minimise coding load on service type outlets and funding departments. Where the country of birth is known but is not specified in the classification below, (i.e., is ‘other country’), funded agencies should specify it on primary data collection forms. These will then be coded by funding departments to the appropriate Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) code.


Disability Services NMDS 2016–17
Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017
DSS specific information:

In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), the 10 most frequently reported countries of birth are listed on data collection forms to simplify data collection and minimise coding load on service type outlets and funding departments. Where the country of birth is known but is not specified in the classification below, (i.e., is ‘other country’), funded agencies should specify it on primary data collection forms. These will then be coded by funding departments to the appropriate Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) code.


Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Juvenile Justice DSS 2011–12
Youth Justice, Superseded 23/03/2023
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2011
Implementation end date: 30/06/2012
DSS specific information:

This data element is optional within the JJ DSS. If collected, the data is to be associated with the data in the Juvenile Justice Client file cluster.


Juvenile Justice DSS 2012–15
Youth Justice, Superseded 24/03/2023
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015
DSS specific information:

This data element is optional within the JJ DSS. If collected, the data is to be associated with the data in the Juvenile Justice Client file cluster.


Juvenile Justice DSS 2015–16
Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016
DSS specific information:

This data element is optional within the JJ DSS. If collected, the data is to be associated with the data in the Juvenile Justice Client file cluster.


Non-admitted patient activity based funding DSS 2012-2013
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 30/10/2012
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient DSS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 02/05/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient DSS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Non-admitted patient DSS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient DSS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 04/02/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 02/12/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 07/02/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 11/04/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Perinatal NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 07/02/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Perinatal NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Person details data dictionary
Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Prison dischargee DSS
Health, Superseded 28/04/2016

Public dental waiting times DSS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 09/11/2012
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Residential mental health care NMDS 2012-13
Health, Superseded 06/09/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Residential mental health care NMDS 2013-14
Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Residential mental health care NMDS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Residential mental health care NMDS 2015-16
Health, Superseded 04/09/2015
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Residential mental health care NMDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 17/08/2017
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13
Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013
Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2012
Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14
Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014
Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014
Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

This data element is conditional on the client providing consent to release their personal data to the AIHW. The data element Client—consent obtained indicator, yes/no code N, must receive a response of Yes (CODE 1).


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15
Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016
Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2015
Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

This data element is conditional on the client providing consent to release their personal data to the AIHW. The data element Client—consent obtained indicator, yes/no code N, must receive a response of Yes (CODE 1).


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17
Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2015
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017
Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

This data element is conditional on the client providing consent to release their personal data to the AIHW. The data element Client—consent obtained indicator, yes/no code N, must receive a response of Yes (CODE 1).


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2017-19
Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2017
Implementation end date: 30/06/2019
Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

This data element is conditional on the client providing consent to release their personal data to the AIHW. The data element Client—consent obtained indicator, yes/no code N, must receive a response of Yes (Code 1).


Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2016
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/07/2017
DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2016
Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2013-14
WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:

  • Synonymous name: PER_COUNTRY_OF_BIRTH_CODE
  • Short name: Patient country of birth code.

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2014-15
WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:

  • Synonymous name: PER_COUNTRY_OF_BIRTH_CODE
  • Short name: Patient country of birth code.

WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17
WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017
DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has:

  • Synonymous name: PER_COUNTRY_OF_BIRTH_CODE
  • Short name: Patient country of birth code.

The synonymous name COUNTRY_OF_BIRTH is used for national reporting.


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