= ORIGIN field =

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 containing table::
  [[..|tblBAS]]
 explanation of variable::
  Nationality or region of origin of patient
 format of data::
  character (1-3 letter/numeric codes). see [[#CodingTable|coding table]] for valid codings.
 exists since HICDEP version::
  [[wiki:Hicdep_1.30|1.30]]

== Coding Table == #CodingTable

{{{#!CSV filename="tblBAS_CODE_ORIGIN.csv"
"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 [[WikiPedia:ISO_3166-1_alpha-2|2-letter]] or [[WikiPedia:ISO_3166-1_alpha-3|3-letter]] codes.