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

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Country of birth
METEOR identifier:	659454
Registration status:	Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 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
Definition:	The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code.

Data element concept attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Data element concept:	Person—country of birth
METEOR identifier:	269686
Registration status:	Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 27/07/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Standard 31/08/2016 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Definition:	The country in which the person was born.
Context:	Country of birth is important in the study of access to services by different population sub-groups. Country of birth is the most easily collected and consistently reported of a range of possible data items that may indicate cultural or language diversity. Country of birth may be used in conjunction with other data such as period of residence in Australia, etc., to derive more sophisticated measures of access to (or need for) services by different population sub-groups.
Object class:	Person
Property:	Country of birth
Value domain attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Value domain:	Country code (SACC 2016) NNNN
METEOR identifier:	659444
Registration status:	Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Children and Families, Standard 11/11/2018 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:	The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2016) code set representing a country.
Representational attributes
Classification scheme:	Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	NNNN
Maximum character length:	4
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	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.
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Collection methods:	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:	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:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	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:	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, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 See also Person—country of birth, text X[X(99)] Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 See also Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Activity based funding: Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2018-19 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 30/06/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Admitted patient care NMDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Admitted patient care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Admitted patient care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Admitted patient care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Admitted patient care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Admitted patient care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Aged care person cluster Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2023-24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2024-25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Australian Sports Injury Data Dictionary Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 17/10/2018 Community mental health care NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Community mental health care NMDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Community mental health care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Community mental health care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Community mental health care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Community mental health care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Community mental health care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Community mental health care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Computer Assisted Telephone Interview demographic module NBPDS Health, Standard 03/12/2008 Dementia NBPDS Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Demographics Cluster Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Emergency service care NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Emergency service care NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Emergency service care NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Individual demographic identifiers cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Initial Teacher Education (ITE) data cluster Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Juvenile Justice DSS 2016–18 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 DSS specific attributes + 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, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NMDS 2024-25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Perinatal NMDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Perinatal NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Perinatal NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Perinatal NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Perinatal NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 DSS specific attributes + 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, Superseded 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + 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, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Prison dischargee NBEDS Health, Standard 28/04/2016 DSS specific attributes + 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 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 7. Country of birth. 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 dischargee NBEDS 2022 Health, Recorded 24/04/2023 DSS specific attributes + 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 This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 7. Country of birth Prison entrants NBEDS Health, Standard 28/04/2016 DSS specific attributes + 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 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Entrants Form: 6. Country of birth. The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown Prison entrants NBEDS 2022 Health, Recorded 24/04/2023 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown This data element corresponds to the following questions of the Prison Entrants Form: 6. Country of birth Public dental waiting times NMDS 2013-2018 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 2018-2022 Health, Superseded 08/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Public dental waiting times NMDS 2022– Health, Standard 08/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Residential mental health care NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Residential mental health care NMDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Residential mental health care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Residential mental health care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Residential mental health care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Residential mental health care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Residential mental health care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Residential mental health care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/04/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Youth Justice DSS 2018–20 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 DSS specific attributes + 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 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 DSS specific information: This optional item is collected within the YJ NMDS Client file cluster.

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

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