Table 2 Example of an extract from an adverse drug reaction database where the reported outcome was death, and a potentially matching extract from an obituary table
From: Evaluating the risk of patient re-identification from adverse drug event reports
Report ID | Age | Gender | Province | Report date | Drug name | Reaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 42 | F | British | 5 May 1998 | TALWIN FOR INJECTION | Suicide |
Columbia | ||||||
2 | 71 | M | Alberta | 2 Jan 1998 | MAXERAN | Dehydration |
3 | 34 | M | Ontario | 21 Sept 1998 | Procainamide | Cardiac arrest |
4 | 55 | F | Quebec | 1 Apr 1998 | Rifampin | Congestive heart failure |
5 | 38 | F | Nova | 25 Nov 2004 | Tegretol | Non-accidental overdose |
Scotia | ||||||
6 | 44 | M | Ontario | 23 Oct 2006 | Penicillin | Respiratory arrest |
7 | 65 | M | Quebec | 24 Jun 2001 | Morphine | Haemorrhage intracranial |