ORIGIN field

containing table

tblBAS

explanation of variable

Nationality or region of origin of patient

format of data

character (1-3 letter/numeric codes). see coding table for valid codings.

exists since HICDEP version

1.30

Coding Table

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Code	Region of origin
10	Africa
11	Northern Africa
12	Sub-Saharan Africa
20	Asia
30	Oceania (not Australia)
40	Australia & New Zealand
50	Americas
51	North America
52	Central & South America
60	Middle East
70	Europe
71	Western Europe
72	Eastern Europe
99	Unknown

In case of a need for a more detailed level of origin (nationality) codes should be the ISO ​2-letter or ​3-letter codes.