PDS ETHNIC CATEGORY CODE

PDS ETHNIC CATEGORY CODE is the coded value for the ethnicity of a PERSON recorded on the Personal Demographics Service.

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PDS ETHNIC CATEGORY CODE is the coded value for the ethnicity of a PERSON recorded on the Personal Demographics Service.

This item is not referenced in a data set in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary. It has been retained for information.


A	British, Mixed British
B	Irish
C	Any other White background
C2	Northern Irish
C3	Other white, white unspecified
CA	English
CB	Scottish
CC	Welsh
CD	Cornish
CE	Cypriot (part not stated)
CF	Greek
CG	Greek Cypriot
CH	Turkish
CJ	Turkish Cypriot
CK	Italian
CL	Irish Traveller
CM	Traveller
CN	Gypsy/Romany
CP	Polish
CQ	All republics which made up the former USSR
CR	Kosovan
CS	Albanian
CT	Bosnian
CU	Croatian
CV	Serbian
CW	Other republics which made up the former Yugoslavia
CX	Mixed white
CY	Other white European, European unspecified, European mixed
D	White and Black Caribbean
E	White and Black African
F	White and Asian
G	Any other mixed background
GA	Black and Asian
GB	Black and Chinese
GC	Black and White
GD	Chinese and White
GE	Asian and Chinese
GF	Other Mixed, Mixed Unspecified
H	Indian or British Indian
J	Pakistani or British Pakistani
K	Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi
L	Any other Asian background
LA	Mixed Asian
LB	Punjabi
LC	Kashmiri
LD	East African Asian
LE	Sri Lanka
LF	Tamil
LG	Sinhalese
LH	British Asian
LJ	Caribbean Asian
LK	Other Asian, Asian unspecified
M	Caribbean
N	African
P	Any other Black background
PA	Somali
PB	Mixed Black
PC	Nigerian
PD	Black British
PE	Other Black, Black unspecified
R	Chinese
S	Any other ethnic group
SA	Vietnamese
SB	Japanese
SC	Filipino
SD	Malaysian
SE	Any Other Group
Z	Not stated

Code	Description
A	British, Mixed British
B	Irish
C	Any other White background
C2	Northern Irish
C3	Other white, white unspecified
CA	English
CB	Scottish
CC	Welsh
CD	Cornish
CE	Cypriot (part not stated)
CF	Greek
CG	Greek Cypriot
CH	Turkish
CJ	Turkish Cypriot
CK	Italian
CL	Irish Traveller
CM	Traveller
CN	Gypsy/Romany
CP	Polish
CQ	All republics which made up the former USSR
CR	Kosovan
CS	Albanian
CT	Bosnian
CU	Croatian
CV	Serbian
CW	Other republics which made up the former Yugoslavia
CX	Mixed white
CY	Other white European, European unspecified, European mixed
D	White and Black Caribbean
E	White and Black African
F	White and Asian
G	Any other mixed background
GA	Black and Asian
GB	Black and Chinese
GC	Black and White
GD	Chinese and White
GE	Asian and Chinese
GF	Other Mixed, Mixed Unspecified
H	Indian or British Indian
J	Pakistani or British Pakistani
K	Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi
L	Any other Asian background
LA	Mixed Asian
LB	Punjabi
LC	Kashmiri
LD	East African Asian
LE	Sri Lanka
LF	Tamil
LG	Sinhalese
LH	British Asian
LJ	Caribbean Asian
LK	Other Asian, Asian unspecified
M	Caribbean
N	African
P	Any other Black background
PA	Somali
PB	Mixed Black
PC	Nigerian
PD	Black British
PE	Other Black, Black unspecified
R	Chinese
S	Any other ethnic group
SA	Vietnamese
SB	Japanese
SC	Filipino
SD	Malaysian
SE	Any Other Group
Z	Not stated

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	PDS ETHNIC CATEGORY CODES

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Data Element	PDS ETHNIC CATEGORY CODE	references in description PDS ETHNIC CATEGORY CODE