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Table 1 Deterministic matches

From: Evaluation of record linkage of mortality data between a health and demographic surveillance system and national civil registration system in South Africa

Rule number Description Matches in trimmed CR dataset Matches in full CR dataset Total matches
1 Match on National ID No 708 161 869
2 Match on Surname, Sex, Date of birth, Date of death 128 28 156
3 Match on Surname, Sex, Date of birth, Year of death, Month of death 88 30 118
4 Match on Surname, Sex, Year of birth, Month of birth, Date of death 34 6 40
5 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Date of birth, Date of death 39 - 39
6 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Date of birth, Year of death, Month of death 37 - 37
7 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Year of birth, Month of birth, Date of death 6 - 6
8 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Year of birth, Year of death, Agincourt HDSS village = CR place of birth 207 - 207
9 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Year of birth, Year of death, Agincourt HDSS village = CR place of residence 67 - 67
10 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Year of birth, Year of death, Agincourt HDSS village = CR place of death 23 - 23
11 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Year of birth, Date of death, died at hospital 30 - 30
12 Match on JW(Surname) > =0.85, Sex, Date of birth, Year of death, died at hospital 27 - 27
Total 1,394 225 1,619
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