The ethnicity of a PERSON, as specified by the PERSON.

ETHNIC CATEGORY 2021 is the classification used for the 2021 census.

Note: This item has not been approved by the Data Alliance Partnership Board. It has been introduced to provide advance notice to data providers and system suppliers of the intention to report this item at a later date. This item should not be submitted until further development by NHS England has been undertaken.

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	ETHNIC CATEGORIES 2021