Table 4. Sensitivity and specificity analysis of record linkage techniques.
Standard | Total | Deterministic record linkage | Probabilistic record linkage | ||
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Pair | Non-pair | Pair | Non-pair | ||
Pair | 9,741 | 9,283 | 458 | 8,491 | 1,250 |
Non-pair | 34,084 | 35 | 34,049 | 69 | 34,015 |
Total | 43,825 | 9,318 | 34,507 | 8,560 | 35,265 |
Sensitivity (95%CI) | 95.3 | (94.8–95.7) | 87.2 | (86.5–87.8) | |
Specificity (95%CI) | 99.9 | (99.8–99.9) | 99.8 | (99.7–99.8) |