Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired
210 1 SEER

NAACCR XML: Patient.computedEthnicitySource

Description

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

Codes

0No match was run, for 1994 and later tumors
1Census Bureau list of Spanish surnames, NOS
21980 Census Bureau list of Spanish surnames
31990 Census Bureau list of Spanish surnames
4GUESS Program
5Combination list including South Florida names
6Combination of Census and other locally generated list
7Combination of Census and GUESS, with or without other lists
8Other type of match
9Unknown type of match
Blank1993 and earlier tumors, no match was run

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.