Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN

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 term659454
Registration status:Help on this term
  • 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
Definition:Help on this term

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

Data Element Concept:Person—country of birth

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016
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 2016 (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.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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) ...

 or

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

Australia

England

New Zealand

India

Italy

Vietnam

Philippines

South Africa

Scotland

Malaysia

Other (please specify) ...

The option list for this question includes countries according to their statistical frequency in Australia, according to data from the Census of Population and Housing. Exceptions are made for countries such as 'United Kingdom' and 'China', as they are likely to reduce the level of detail that is possible to be coded to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC).

Comments:Help on this term

This metadata item is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Country of Birth standard for collecting, processing and presenting country of birth statistics (ABS 2016a).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016a. Country of Birth Standard, 2016. ABS cat. no. 1200.0.55.004. Canberra: ABS.

ABS 2016b. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) 2016. ABS cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS.
  

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2011) NNNN
  • 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, Incomplete 22/08/2012
  • WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
  • Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022
See also Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N
  • Health, Candidate 15/11/2021
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2017-18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2018-19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2019-20
Health, Superseded 17/01/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 23/12/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2018-19
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 30/06/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Admitted patient care NMDS 2019-20
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Admitted patient care NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Admitted patient care NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Admitted patient care NMDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Admitted patient care NMDS 2023–24
Health, Recorded 11/08/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2023

Implementation end date: 30/06/2024


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2018-19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 20/02/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2023-24
Health, Recorded 29/07/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2023

Implementation end date: 30/06/2024


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

Community mental health care NMDS 2017–18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Community mental health care NMDS 2018–19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Community mental health care NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Community mental health care NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 20/01/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Community mental health care NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Community mental health care NMDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Computer Assisted Telephone Interview demographic module NBPDS
Health, Standard 03/12/2008

Demographics Cluster
Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

DSS specific information:

Country of birth refers to the variable BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.


Disability Services NMDS 2017–18
Disability, Superseded 05/07/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

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 listed countries of birth (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 2018–19
Disability, Standard 05/07/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Emergency service care NBEDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Individual demographic identifiers cluster
Health, Standard 05/10/2016

Juvenile Justice DSS 2016–18
Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

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.


National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NMDS 2023-24
Health, Recorded 05/08/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2023

Implementation end date: 30/06/2024


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2017-18
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20
Health, Retired 19/11/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2017-18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2017-18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2018-19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2019-20
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/07/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Perinatal NMDS 2014-18
Health, Superseded 02/08/2017

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Perinatal NMDS 2018-19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Perinatal NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 03/12/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Perinatal NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 03/12/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Perinatal NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022

DSS specific information:

This data element is recorded for the mother only.


Perinatal NMDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023

DSS specific information:

This data element is recorded for the mother only.


Perinatal NMDS 2023–24
Health, Recorded 26/07/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2023

Implementation end date: 30/06/2024

DSS specific information:

This data element is recorded for the mother only.


Person related data elements (TDLU) cluster
Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Prison dischargee NBEDS
Health, Standard 28/04/2016

DSS specific information:

In the Prison dischargee data collection, the 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to:

Code 1  Australia

Code 2 Other (specify)

Code 9 Unknown


Prison dischargee NBEDS
Health, Recorded 31/05/2018

DSS specific information:

In the Prison dischargee data collection, the 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to:

Code 1  Australia

Code 2 Other (specify)

Code 9 Unknown

Where the country of birth is not Australia, the data element Person—country of birth, text X[X(99)] should be completed.


Prison entrants NBEDS
Health, Standard 28/04/2016

DSS specific information:

The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to:

Code 1   Australia

Code 2   Other (specify)

Code 9   Unknown


Prison entrants NBEDS
Health, Recorded 31/05/2018

DSS specific information:

The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to:

Code 1   Australia

Code 2   Other (specify)

Code 9   Unknown


Public dental waiting times NMDS 2013-2018
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

In the Public dental waiting times NMDS, the Classification scheme for this data element did not come into effect until the 2016-17 collection year. Prior to this the Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2011 was used.


Public dental waiting times NMDS 2018-
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
Health, Standard 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018


Residential mental health care NMDS 2017–18
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Residential mental health care NMDS 2018–19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Residential mental health care NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Residential mental health care NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 20/01/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Residential mental health care NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Residential mental health care NMDS 2022–23
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019-
Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

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 indicator, yes/no code N, must receive a response of Yes (Code 1).


Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2017
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2018
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/04/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2019
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2020
Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Youth Justice DSS 2018–20
Youth Justice, Recorded 23/05/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

DSS specific information:

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


Youth Justice DSS 2020–
Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

DSS specific information:

This optional item is collected within the YJ NMDS Client file cluster.