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. 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):738–745. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M3186

Table 1.

Table 1 The number and percentage of missing values and number of unique values for each identifier in the Newborn Screening data and the INPC data

Field Name Newborn Screening Data (N = 51,361)
INPC Data (N = 80,089)
Number of Missing Values(Percentage) Number of Unique Values Number of Missing Values (Percentage) Number of Unique Values
MRN 557 (2.0%) 44,366 106 (0.1%) 18,794
Telephone Number 2,580 (5.0%) 42,693 20,806 (26.0%) 14,542
Surname 1 (< 0.1%) 17,115 2,352 (2.9%) 9,008
Kin's surname 49 (0.1%) 16,792 46,584 (58.2%) 7,131
Kin's given name 196 (0.4%) 6,983 46,676 (58.3%) 3,746
Given name 29,441 (57.3%) 5,299 45,243 (56.5%) 6,255
Doctor's surname 43 (0.1%) 2,047 22,386 (28.0%) 1,390
Doctor's given name 892 (1.7%) 971 21,304 (26.6%) 1,417
Zip code 679 (1.3%) 1,256 15,999 (20.0%) 816
Day of birth 1 (< 0.1%) 31 3,826 (4.8%) 31
mo of birth 0 (0.1%) 6 3,826 (4.8%) 7
Gender 618 (1.2%) 2 3,920 (4.9%) 2

INPC = Indiana Network for Patient Care; MRN = medical record number.