Table 4.
Sensitivity per linkage variable
| Sensitivity | Linkage variable |
| 86.5% | Social security number (overall) |
| 87.4% | First+last name+date of birth |
| 93.1% | First name |
| 94.5% | Social security number (when present) |
| 95.2% | Last name |
| 96.7%–97.2% | Hash consisting of first two letters of first and last names+date of birth |
| 99.7% | Date of birth |