Table 1.

Lumos data linkage results and patient demographic profile, May 2020

Data source	General practice records	Public hospitals	Private hospitals	Emergency department	Mental health ambulatory services	Non-admitted patient services	NSW ambulance records	Integrated care	Cancer registry	Death registry	Causes of death
Time period of data availability	Mid-May 2015–mid-May 2020	January 2010–December 2019	January 2010–30 June 2019	January 2010–December 2019	January 2010–December 2019	July 2015–December 2019	January 2010–September 2019	January 2014–mid-February 2020	January 2010–December 2016	January 2010–December 2019	January 2010–December 2017
Number of linked records	1 484 314	2 281 894	1 475 432	4 125 094	5 108 582	8 842 592	601 189	9309	28 395	24 141	11 208
Number of linked patients	1 302 355	638 602	393 589	871 780	93 285	562 632	248 676	9309	27 081	24 141	11 208
Per cent of linked patients	Reference	49%	30%	67%	7%	43%	19%	1%	2%	2%	1%
Average records per person	1.1	3.6	3.7	4.7	54.8	15.7	2.4
Median age (years)	37	39	50	37	36	38	50	67	71	82	82
Gender (%)
Male	46.58	44.34	42.94	48.32	45.01	43.24	47.04	50.47	52.67	52	52
Female	53.27	55.66	57.06	51.68	54.99	56.76	52.96	49.53	47.33	48	48

NSW, New South Wales.