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Table 1 Deterministic rules used to create the gold-standard database

From: Evaluation of record linkage of two large administrative databases in a middle income country: stillbirths and notifications of dengue during pregnancy in Brazil

Linkage rule

Number of links (%)

Full name and agea

46 (24.1%)

Agea and combination of first and last name

13 (6.8%)

Agea and combination of first and second name

9 (4.8%)

Agea and combination of second and last name

19 (9.9%)

Full name

65 (34.0%)

First and last name

19 (9.9%)

First and second name

8 (4.2%)

Second and last name

12 (6.3%)

Agea and Jaro-Winkler string comparator >0.95

0 (0%)

 

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  1. aAge in years as recorded in the data or as derived from date of birth