Table 1:
Details on how health disparities can be measured among MENA immigrants in alignment with US Census Guidance.
| NHIS Public-Use Data Middle East region of birth variable | NHIS Public-Use Data Africa region of birth variable | NHIS Restricted Data (15 countries in Middle East and Arab League of Nations) | Arab League of Nations (22 countries) | US Census guidance document countries/ethnicities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalities | |||||
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| Aden | X | ||||
| Africa | X | ||||
| Algeria | X | X | X | ||
| Algiers | X | ||||
| Angola | X | ||||
| Anojouan | X | ||||
| Arabia | X | ||||
| Armenia | X | ||||
| Bahrain | X | X | X | X | |
| Benin | X | ||||
| Botswana | X | ||||
| British East Africa | X | ||||
| Burkina Faso | X | ||||
| Burundi | X | ||||
| Cameroon | X | ||||
| Central Africa | X | ||||
| Central African Republic | X | ||||
| Chad | X | ||||
| Comoros Islands | X | X | X | ||
| Congo | X | ||||
| Cote D’ivorie | X | ||||
| Cyprus | X | ||||
| Djibouti | X | X | X | ||
| Demo Rep of Congo | X | ||||
| Eastern Africa | X | ||||
| Egypt | X | X | X | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | X | ||||
| Eritrea | X | ||||
| Ethiopia | X | ||||
| Gabon | X | ||||
| Gambia | X | ||||
| Ghana | X | ||||
| Guinea | X | ||||
| Guinea-Bissau | X | ||||
| Iran | X | X | |||
| Iraq | X | X | X | X | |
| Israel | X | X | |||
| Jordan | X | X | X | X | |
| Kenya | X | ||||
| Kuwait | X | X | X | X | |
| Lebanon | X | X | X | X | |
| Lesotho | X | ||||
| Liberia | X | ||||
| Libya | X | X | X | ||
| Madagascar | X | ||||
| Madeira Islands | X | ||||
| Mauritania | X | X | X | ||
| Mauritius | X | ||||
| “Middle East” | X | ||||
| Morocco | X | X | X | ||
| Mozambique | X | ||||
| Namibia | X | ||||
| Niger | X | ||||
| Nigeria | X | ||||
| North Africa | X | ||||
| Oman | X | X | X | X | |
| Palestine | X | X | X | X | |
| Arab Palestine | X | X | |||
| West Bank | X | X | |||
| Gaza Strip | X | X | |||
| Persia | X | ||||
| Qatar | X | X | X | X | |
| Rwanda | X | ||||
| Sao Tome Island | X | ||||
| Sao Tome & Principe | X | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | X | X | X | X | |
| Senegal | X | ||||
| Seychelles | X | ||||
| Sierra Leone | X | ||||
| Somalia | X | X | X | ||
| South Africa | X | ||||
| Republic of South Africa | X | ||||
| Union of South Africa | X | ||||
| Southern Africa | X | ||||
| Sudan | X | X | X | ||
| Syria | X | X | X | X | |
| Tanzania | X | ||||
| Togo | X | ||||
| Togoland | X | ||||
| Turkey | X | X | |||
| Tunisia | X | X | |||
| United Arab Emirates | X | X | X | X | |
| Uganda | X | ||||
| West Africa | X | ||||
| Yemen | X | X | X | X | |
| Zambia | X | ||||
| Zanzibar | X | ||||
| Zimbabwe | X | ||||
|
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| Diverse Ethnic and Religious Groups | |||||
|
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| Assyrians | X | ||||
| Chaldeans | X | ||||
| Copts | X | ||||
| Druze | X | ||||
| Kurds | X | ||||
| Shi’a | X | ||||
| Sunni Muslims | X | ||||