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Definition

The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Country code 0.1 ".
Data Type String
Format AA
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values AD Andorra
AE United Arab Emirates
AF Afghanistan
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AI Anguilla
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AN Caribbean, nfd
AO Angola
AQ Inadequately described
AR Argentina
AS Samoa, American
AT Austria
AU Australia
AW Aruba
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB Barbados
BD Bangladesh
BE Belgium
BF Burkina Faso
BG Bulgaria
BH Bahrain
BI Burundi
BJ Benin
BM Bermuda
BN Brunei Darussalam
BO Bolivia, Plurinational State of
BR Brazil
BS Bahamas
BT Bhutan
BU Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
BV Antarctica, nfd
BW Botswana
BY Belarus
BZ Belize
CA Canada
CB Croatia
CC Australian External Territories, nec
CD Congo, Democratic Republic of
CF Central African Republic
CG Congo, Republic of
CH Switzerland
CI Cote d'Ivoire
CK Cook Islands
CL Chile
CM Cameroon
CN China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
CS Eastern Europe, nfd
CT Inadequately described
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
CW #N/A
CX Australian External Territories, nec
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DD Germany
DJ Djibouti
DK Denmark
DM Dominica
DO Dominican Republic
DZ Algeria
EA Estonia
EC Ecuador
ED #N/A
EG Egypt
EH Western Sahara
ER Eritrea
ES Spain
ET Ethiopia
EU Inadequately described
FI Finland
FJ Fiji
FK Falkland Islands
FM Micronesia, nfd
FO Faroe Islands
FR France
FX Inadequately described
GA Gabon
GB United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd
GD Grenada
GE Germany
GF French Guiana
GH Ghana
GI Gibraltar
GL Greenland
GM Gambia
GN Guinea
GO Georgia
GP Guadeloupe
GQ Equatorial Guinea
GR Greece
GS South America, nfd
GT Guatemala
GU Guam
GW Guinea-Bissau
GY Guyana
HK Hong Kong (SAR of China)
HM Australian Antarctic Territory
HN Honduras
HT Haiti
HU Hungary
HV Inadequately described
ID Indonesia
IE Ireland
IL Israel
IN India
IO Micronesia, nfd
IQ Iraq
IR Iran
IS Iceland
IT Italy
JM Jamaica
JO Jordan
JP Japan
JT Inadequately described
KE Kenya
KG Kyrgyzstan
KH Cambodia
KI Kiribati
KM Comoros
KN St Kitts and Nevis
KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)
KR Korea, Republic of (South)
KV Kosovo
KW Kuwait
KY Cayman Islands
KZ Kazakhstan
LA Laos
LB Lebanon
LC St Lucia
LH Lithuania
LI Liechtenstein
LK Sri Lanka
LR Liberia
LS Lesotho
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
LY Libya
MA Morocco
MB Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
MC Monaco
MD Moldova
ME Montenegro
MG Madagascar
MH Marshall Islands
MI Midway Islands
ML Mali
MM Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
MN Mongolia
MO Macau (SAR of China)
MP Northern Mariana Islands
MQ Martinique
MR Mauritania
MS Montserrat
MT Malta
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia
NC New Caledonia
NE Niger
NF Norfolk Island
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NP Nepal
NQ Dronning Maud Land
NR Nauru
NU Niue
NZ New Zealand
OM Oman
PA Panama
PC Inadequately described
PE Peru
PF French Polynesia
PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines
PK Pakistan
PL Poland
PM St Pierre and Miquelon
PN Pitcairn Islands
PR Puerto Rico
PT Portugal
PU United States Mis Pacific Islands
PW Palau
PY Paraguay
PZ Panama
QA Qatar
RE Reunion
RF Russian Federation
RO Romania
RS Serbia
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SD Sudan
SE Sweden
SF South Eastern Europe, nfd
SG Singapore
SH St Helena
SI Slovenia
SK Slovakia
SL Sierra Leone
SM San Marino
SN Senegal
SO Somalia
SR Suriname
SS South Sudan
ST Sao Tome and Principe
SU Russian Federation
SV El Salvador
SX Sint Maarten
SY Syria
SZ Swaziland
TC Turks and Caicos Islands
TD Chad
TF Adelie Land (France)
TG Togo
TH Thailand
TJ Tajikistan
TK Tokelau
TM Turkmenistan
TN Tunisia
TO Tonga
TP Timor-Leste
TR Turkey
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TV Tuvalu
TW Taiwan
TZ Tanzania
UA Ukraine
UE Inadequately described
UG Uganda
UM United States Minor Outlying
US United States of America
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
VA Holy See
VC St Vincent and the Grenadines
VE Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
VG Virgin Islands, British
VI Virgin Islands, United States
VN Vietnam
VU Vanuatu
WF Wallis and Futuna
WS Samoa
XT Inadequately described
XX Inadequately described
YD Inadequately described
YE Yemen
YT Mayotte
YU Eastern Europe, nfd
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZR Congo, Democratic Republic of
ZW Zimbabwe
_ #N/A [1 missing value]
XX Unknown
[Blank] Missing

Comments

Country of birth refers to the variable BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the DOMINO longitudinal data set. 

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