This field contains codes identifying ethnicity as determined by a software algorithm or computer list-based method to identify cancer patients’ ethnicity based on last name or maiden name. The effective date for implementation of this field is for cases diagnosed January 1, 1995, and after.
There are two parts to this field:
Computed Ethnicity
Computed Ethnicity Source
10210 - Computed Ethnicity:
Field Length: 1
Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | No match was run for 1995 and later cases |
| 1 | Non-Hispanic last name and non-Hispanic maiden name |
| 2 | Non-Hispanic last name, didn’t check maiden name (or male) |
| 3 | Non-Hispanic last name, missing maiden name |
| 4 | Hispanic last name, non-Hispanic maiden name |
| 5 | Hispanic last name, didn’t check maiden name (or male) |
| 6 | Hispanic last name, missing maiden name |
| 7 | Hispanic maiden name (females only) (regardless of last name) |
| Blank | 1994 and earlier cases |
10220 - Computed Ethnicity Source:
Field Length: 1
| Code | Description |
| 0 | No match was run for 1995 and later cases |
| 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 | 1994 and earlier cases |
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