Skip to main content

Table 2 Success rate of linkage algorithm by type of match (N = 200,343)

From: The Linked CENTURY Study: linking three decades of clinical and public health data to examine disparities in childhood obesity

Matching phase

Type of match

Number linked

%

1

Child’s first, middle, and last name & dob and mother’s dob

5282

2.6 %

2

Child’s first, middle initial, and last name & dob and mother’s dob

32094

16.0 %

3

Child’s first, middle, and last name & dob

3035

1.5 %

4

Child’s first, middle initial, and last name & dob

66730

33.3 %

5

Child’s first and last name & dob

90506

45.2 %

6

Child’s first 3 letters of first name and last name & dob

2696

1.3 %