Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Australian state/territory identifier (person) |
| METEOR identifier: | 720078 |
| Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Health, Standard 16/01/2020 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |
| Definition: | The Australian state or territory where a person can be located, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—Australian state/territory identifier |
| Value Domain: | 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) | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | 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). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Reference documents: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2016. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Cat No. 1270.0. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 19 July 2019, https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/ |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | 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 | |
| Origin: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2016. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Cat No. 1270.0. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 19 July 2019, https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/1270.0.55.001Main+ |
| Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. Person and provider identification in healthcare AS4846:2014 . Standards Australia, Sydney. Viewed 19 July 2019, https://www.standards.org.au/standards-catalogue/sa-snz/health/it-014/as--4846-colon-2014 In AS4846 alternative codes are presented. Refer to the current standard for more details. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Homelessness, Standard 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Youth Justice, Superseded 24/03/2023 See also Person (address)—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Superseded 30/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/05/2013 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Juvenile Justice Detention file cluster Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection NBPDS Health, Standard 09/12/2022 |