Patient Geographic Ethnic Group Category

General Details:

Name:
Patient Geographic Ethnic Group Category
Steward:
NCI
Definition:
Classification categories the participant either identifies with or is identified with by others as a result of geographical factors.
Registration Status:
Retired

Permissible Values:

Data Type:
Value List
Unit of Measure:
Ids:
Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
African American African American C16352 NCI Thesaurus A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or African American". (OMB)
Africa Africa C26272 NCI Thesaurus The continent located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the India Ocean.
Americas American Ethnicity C128457 NCI Thesaurus A collection of ethnic geographical categories including African American, North American, Latin American, Caribbean, and South American.
Asia Asia C26273 NCI Thesaurus The world's largest continent; it occupies the eastern part of the Eurasian landmass and its adjacent islands and is separated from Europe by the Ural Mountains.
Australia/New Zealand Australia And/Or New Zealand C16311:C48928:C16914 NCI Thesaurus The continent and country between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean, south of Asia.: Used to indicate that either or both of two items or options may be valid.: A country in the Pacific, comprised of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia.
Australian Australian C126535 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in the country or continent of Australia.
Caribbean Caribbean C26320 NCI Thesaurus A group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. These islands curve southward from the bottom tip of Florida to the Northwest of Venezuela in South America. There are at least 7,000 islands, islets, reefs and cayes in the region. There exist twenty-five territories, including sovereign states, overseas departments and dependencies.
Central African Central African C126528 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in any of the countries of the central part of the African continent: Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda.
Central Asian Central Asian C126534 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in any of the Asian countries between the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north.
Chinese Chinese C43391 NCI Thesaurus A person having origins in any of the original peoples of China.
Eastern European Eastern European C77819 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of Eastern Europe such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Former Soviet Union, or Finland. It also includes persons who call themselves Gypsies from this region.
Europe Europe C26274 NCI Thesaurus The continent whose boundaries are the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Ural Mountains and Ural River in the east, the Caspian Sea, Caucasus mountains and Black Sea in the southeast and the Mediterranean Sea in the south.
Hispanic or Latino Hispanic or Latino C17459 NCI Thesaurus A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term, "Spanish origin," can be used in addition to "Hispanic or Latino." (OMB)
Icelandic Icelandic C126537 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in the country of Iceland.
Indian Asian Indian C41262 NCI Thesaurus A person having origins in the original peoples of the Indian sub-continent. In North America the term is used to distinguish this population group from Native Americans. The concept is close to the term South Asian but several major South Asian populations such as Pakistani and Bangladeshi may not identify with it.
Intercontinental Intercontinental Ethnicity C128459 NCI Thesaurus A collection of ethnic geographical categories including Middle Eastern and Hispanic.
Japanese Japanese C43392 NCI Thesaurus A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Japan.
Latin American Latin American C126531 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in any of the countries of the Americas or the Caribbean where Spanish or Portuguese is spoken.
Mediterranean Mediterranean C77811 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person having origins in a country such as Italy, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
Middle Eastern Middle Eastern C77820 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person having origins in the region of southwest Asia, between the India subcontinent and Europe, including Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, lands east of Pakistan or the other countries of the Arabian Peninsula. Also includes people of Jewish ethnicity including Sephardic and Ashkenazic.
New Zealander New Zealander C126536 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in the country of New Zealand.
North African North African C126529 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in any of the countries of the northern part of the African continent: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.
North American North American C77812 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestral origins whose family settled in a North American country such as the United States of America or Canada.
Other Ethnic Background, specify Other C17649 NCI Thesaurus Different than the one(s) previously specified or mentioned.
Scandinavian Scandinavian C126538 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in the countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland and Iceland are generally included as part of the Scandinavian region.
South African South African C126530 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in the country of South Africa.
South American South American C126532 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in any of the countries of South America.
South Asian South Asian C41263 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in the countries of the Indian sub-continent, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Southeast Asian Southeast Asian C126533 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person whose ancestry is in any of the Asian countries south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
Western European Western European C77817 NCI Thesaurus Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of Western Europe such as Spain, Portugal, or France.

Designations:

Designation:
Patient Geographic Ethnic Group Category
Tags:
Long Name
Designation:
Candidate Ethnic Background (geographic)
Tags:
Preferred Question Text

Designations:

Definition:
Classification categories the participant either identifies with or is identified with by others as a result of geographical factors.
Tags:
Long Name
Definition:
Candidate Ethnic Background (
Tags:
Preferred Question Text

Properties:

Key:
caDSR_Context
Value:
BBRB
Key:
caDSR_Short_Name
Value:
GEOGRAPH_ETHNIC_CAT

Identifiers:

Source:
NLM
Id:
X1_GBF1E9_f
Version:
1
Source:
caDSR
Id:
5216271
Version:
1