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Table 3 Example of an extract from an obituary table

From: Evaluating the risk of patient re-identification from adverse drug event reports

Name

Age

Gender

Province

Date of death

John Smith

44

M

Ontario

23 Oct 2006

Alan Black

44

M

Ontario

23 Oct 2006

Hugh Tremblay

44

M

Ontario

23 Oct 2006

Joe White

44

M

Ontario

23 Oct 2006

Mary Lambert

65

F

Quebec

25 Nov 2004

Leslie Long

77

F

British Columbia

24 Jun 2001

  1. We assume that the obituary has all deaths. The names in this table are fabricated names and do not knowingly match real individuals.