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Table 3 Average mapping time for ten selected variables in the NAACCR data dictionary

From: Web-based interactive mapping from data dictionaries to ontologies, with an application to cancer registry

NAACCR data dictionary variable

IMI-based approach (s)

File-based approach (s)

Mapped NCIt concept

Date of Birth

17.6

28.1

Birth Date

Race 1

12.3

30.6

Race

Sex

15.1

36.2

Sex

Race Coding Sys-Current

30.1

55.3

No mapping found

Race Coding Sys-Original

33.2

64.1

No mapping found

Spanish/Hispanic Origin

15.4

37.5

Hispanic or Latino

Birthplace-State

20.6

43.2

Birth State Code

Computed Ethnicity

17.1

29.7

Computed Ethnicity Code

Computed Ethnicity Source

18.1

40.3

Computed Ethnicity Source Code

Nhia Derived Hisp Origin

32.5

55.1

Hispanic or Latino