2.2.1 Sex and Gender

Multiple types of sex and/or gender are recorded in clinical practice, including biological sex and gender identity. ¹ 

SNOMED CT supports the distinction between biological sex (e.g.  248152002 |Female (finding)| ) and gender identity (e.g. 703118005 |Feminine gender (finding)| ), as shown in the two subset definitions below.

2.2.2 Marital or Partnership Status 

The marital or partnership status of a patient describes their legal, civil or personal relationship with their significant other, for example 87915002 | Married (finding)| . 

2.2.3 Nationality 

Nationality refers to a particular legal relationship between an individual person and a sovereign state. The nationality of a patient may refer to the nation in which they were born, have citizenship, or have other legal ties - for example 223610001 | Jordan (geographic location)|  or 223625001 | New Zealand (geographic location)| .

2.2.4 Ethnic Group 

The ethnic group (or ethnicity) of a patient is the social or cultural group with whom they identify - for example, 33897005 |Chinese (ethnic group)|  or  735001008 |Scandinavian (ethnic group)| .

2.2.5 Racial Group 

The racial group (or race) of a patient is the group (or groups) with whom they share inherited physical characteristics - for example,  414408004 |Hispanic (racial group)|  or  413773004 |Caucasian (racial group)| .

2.2.6 Occupation 

Occupation is the patient's job or profession - for example,  158942005 | Residential child care worker (occupation)|  or  308223007 | Hairdresser (occupation)| .

2.2.7 Travel History 

The travel history of a patient is a record of their past visits to locations both inside and outside their country of residence. This may include a list of the specific countries and/or regions that they have travelled to (e.g.  223498002 | Africa (geographic location)|  or  223585008 | South east Asian country (geographic location)|  ), or a descriptive travel history finding (e.g.  161090005 | Travel abroad for business (finding)| ).

Please refer to 2.2.1 Extension Concepts - Patient Demographics for a list of known extension concepts.

2.2.8 Residential Location Type 

The residential location type is the type of place in which the patient is currently living, or was living prior to admission to hospital - for example, 257564005 | Apartment (environment)|  or  257670006 | Private house (environment)| .

2.2.9 Next of Kin Relationship 

The next of kin relationship is the relationship that the patient has with their closest living relative (as chosen by the patient) - for example 444053001 | Husband of subject (person)|  or 444301002 | Mother of subject (person)| .

2.2.10 Living Arrangements 

The living arrangements of the patient describes the familial and non-familial relationships of a person to all the other people with whom they usually reside - for example  105529008 | Lives alone (finding)|  or  224133007 | Lives with family (finding)| .

2.2.11 Care and Support Circumstances 

The care and support circumstances of the patient describe how and by whom they are looked after when living at their usual place of residence - for example  427454004 | Cared for by neighbors (finding)|  or 301887005 | Needs assistance at home (finding)| .

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