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Over the years a number of systems have been developed whichrecord coded information across a range of factors aboutdisabilities in ethnic communities. A new coding convention hasbeen developed to rationalize the inconsistent coding conventionsof these legacy systems. The new coding convention uses codes whichhad different meanings in the legacy systems. This means that timeseries analysis gives inconsistent results, particularly showingboth under and overreporting of numbers of particular disabilitycategories. This is significant when making policies for peoplebased on the size of the communities. To fix this would take a lotof work and expense, and management has decreed that historicalsystems will not