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Table 2 Description of discrepancies for given name and sex, comparing vaccination certificates to the electronic BCG Registry

From: The Québec BCG Vaccination Registry (1956–1992): assessing data quality and linkage with administrative health databases

 

Discrepancies N (%)

Information on vaccination certificates

Information in electronic BCG Registry

Given name

153 (42.0)

Empty

“Marie”

(n = 364)

137 (37.6)

Empty

“Joseph”

 

21 (5.8)

Full name

Truncated name

 

20 (5.5)

“Baby”

Empty

 

13 (3.6)

Empty

“Unknown”

 

20 (5.5)

Other

Other

Sex

196 (49.9)

Empty

“Male”

(n = 393)

182 (46.3)

Empty

“Female”

 

15 (3.8)

Other

Other