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Length: 1
Source of Standard: SEER
Section Name: Demographic
Record Types: A, M, C, I

XML NAACCR ID: computedEthnicitySource

Parent XML Element: Patient

Required Status:

NPCR Collect: . - No recommendations
CoC Collect: . - No recommendations
SEER Collect: R - Required
CCCR Collect: . - No recommendations

Description:

Code identifying the method used to determine ethnicity as recorded in Computed Ethnicity [200].

Item Data Type:

digits

Allowable Values

0-9, blank

Codes:

0

No match was run, for 1994 and later tumors

1

Census Bureau list of Spanish surnames, NOS

2

1980 Census Bureau list of Spanish surnames

3

1990 Census Bureau list of Spanish surnames

4

GUESS Program

5

Combination list including South Florida names

6

Combination of Census and other locally generated list

7

Combination of Census and GUESS, with or without other lists

8

Other type of match

9

Unknown type of match

Blank

1993 and earlier tumors, no match was run

Code Notes:

Note: For SEER, blanks are required for all cases diagnosed before 1994 and blanks are not allowed for any case diagnosed 1994 and after. Other registries may have computed this item for earlier years.