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Address—country identifier, country code (SACC 2016) NNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termCountry identifier
METEOR identifier:Help on this term659626
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 06/12/2016
Definition:Help on this term

The country component of an address, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Address—country identifier

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

Data should be collected at the 4-digit level.

Comments:Help on this term

Note that the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) is mappable to but not identical to the Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics (ASCCSS).

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

Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Address—country identifier, country code (SACC 2011) NNNN
  • Health, Superseded 06/12/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Address components clusterHealth, Standard 05/10/2016

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