Table H-1: Language Assistance Data Base (LADB), based on CDC Race/Ethnicity Codes and ISO Language Codes (by Otilia Tiutin, Manager of Cultural & Linguistic Services) Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Race CodeRace Description(For mixed race use boxes, can choose up to 3 categories)R5White/CaucasianE1Hispanic or LatinoR3Black or African AmericanR2AsianR1American Indian or Alaska NativeR4Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderR9Other RaceRZUnknown/Not ProvidedEYDecline to stateEthnic CodeEthnicity DescriptionTop 15 in Order of Frequency21089European00017American21352Hispanic/Latino21485Mexican21782Latin American20560Black20586African American20479Vietnamese20297Asian Indian21212Iranian20362Filipino21295Arab20412Laotian20347Chinese00016RussianEthnic Codes and Description in Alphabetical Order21261Afghanistani20602African20586African American21386Andalusian00017American21295Arab21667Argentinean21097Armenian20297Asian Indian21196Assyrian21394Asturian20677Bahamian20305Bangladeshi20685Barbadian21428Belearic Islander20313Bhutanese20560Black21675Bolivian00005Bosnian20610Botswanan00029Brazillian20321Burmese20339Cambodian21634Canal Zone21451Canarian20925Carolinian21402Castillian21410Catalonian21550Central American21626Central American Indian20883Chamorro21519Chicano21683Chilean20347Chinese20974Chuukese21691Colombian21568Costa Rican21766Criollo21824Cuban00000Decline to state20701Dominica Islander20693Dominican21840Dominican21709Ecuadorian21204Egyptian21105English20628Ethiopian21089European21014Fijian20362Filipino21113French21436Gallego21121German20875Guamanian20867Guamanian or Chamorro21576Guatemalan20719Haitian20022Hindi21352Hispanic/Latino20370Hmong21584Honduran20388Indonesian21212Iranian21220Iraqi21139Irish21279Israeili21147Italian20487Iwo Jiman20727Jamaican20396Japanese20966Kiribati20404Korean20933Kosraean00013Kurdish21527La Raza20412Laotian21782Latin American21238Lebanese20636Liberian20529Madagascar20420Malaysian20495Maldivian20891Mariana Islander20909Marshallese21006Melanesian21485Mexican21493Mexican American21535Mexican American Indian21501Mexicano20859Micronesian21188Middle Eastern or North African00026Mixtec, Mexican Indian20644Namibian20792Native Hawaiian20503Nepalese21048New Hebrides21592Nicaraguan20651Nigerian20438Okinawan00002Other Ethnicity00030Other Latino20446Pakistani20917Palauan21246Palestinian21600Panamanian21022Papau New Guinean21717Paraguayan21725Peruvian20941Pohnpeian21154Polish20784Polynesian00014Portuguese21808Puerto Rican00027Punjabi, India00016Russian20958Saipanese21618Salvadoran20800Samoan21162Scottish20511Singaporean21030Solomon Islander21659South American21758South American Indian21378Spaniard21469Spanish Basque20453Sri Lankan21253Syrian20818Tahitian20354Taiwanese20461Thai20735Tobagoan20834Tokelauan20826Tongan20743Trinidadian00001Unknown21733Uruguayan21444Valencian21741Venezuelan20479Vietnamese20750West Indian00025Yao, Mien20982Yapese20669ZaireanNote: For more information on CCHP's Language Assistance Data Base (LADB) project, call Otilia Tiutin at 925-313-6063 or E-mail otiutin@hsd.cccounty.us. Information about CCHP can be found at www.contracostahealthplan.org.Return to Document Current as of March 2010 Internet Citation: Table H-1: Language Assistance Data Base (LADB), based on CDC Race/Ethnicity Codes and ISO Language Codes (by Otilia Tiutin, Manager of Cultural & Linguistic Services): Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataaph1.html
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