On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Nigam Shah wrote:
I am trying to find a comprehensive terminology/term-list for race/ethnicity and population descriptions. For example, dbSNP has a "population type" which is different from what Hapmap uses. I am looking for something beyond the usual, white/african/pacific islander etc that come on govt forms. (a terminology that would have Ashkenazi Jews for example).
We were faced with a similar question and I had suggested HL7 RIM's raceCode and ethnicGroupCode at the time:
http://www.hl7.org/library/data-model/RIM/C30202/Race.htm#C-0-D14914-cpt http://www.hl7.org/library/data-model/RIM/C30202/Ethnicity.htm#C-0-D15836-cpt Neither includes Ashkenazi Jews, but it is a start, anyways. Chimezie Ogbuji Lead Systems Analyst Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue/ W26 Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Office: (216)444-8593 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
