Demographics

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This file is based on the baseline GP extract of all patients and their key demographics.
The file is cleaned and updated bi-monthly/every 3 months.
?? Ages are calculated from dates of birth and the data at which the extract occurs ??

EAVE_demographics_SK

Key demographics file to rely on and look up information about a study (age, Sex,..)

name	type	label	examples	description
EAVE_LINKNO	chr	EAVE Study Identifier		EAVE-II Identifier, pseudoynmised CHI numbers are used to create randomly assigned study index numbers.
Sex	chr	Sex	M, F	Sex at birth
ageYear	dbl	Age	51, 26, 50, 55, 27	Age in years
hb2019	chr	NHS Health Board Code	S08000031, S08000024, S08000032, S08000020, S08000030	Codes of 2019 NHS Health Boards
hb2019name	chr	NHS Health Board Name	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Lothian, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Grampian, NHS Tayside	Names of 2019 NHS Health Boards
District	chr	Postcode District	EH54, EH4, KY11, EH6, ML3	Outward code of their postcode (Area + Disrict)
DataZone	chr	Data Zone	S01010286, S01008425, S01010048	Data Zone
ur6_2016	int	Urban/Rural classification	1, 2, 3, 5, 6	Urban/Rural 6-fold classification (2016 classification)
ur6_2016_name	chr	Urban/Rural classification name	1 Large Urban Areas, 2 Other Urban Areas, 3 Accessible Small Towns, 5 Accessible Rural, 6 Remote Rural	Urban/Rural 6-fold classification (2016 classification)
simd2020v2_sc_quintile	int	SIMD	5, 4, 2, 3, 1	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (calculated 2020, v2) Quintile Leave. Where 1 is the most deprived and 5 is the least deprived areas. This is based upon the LSOA (lower super output area) of the studies postcode.

Last update: August 25, 2022
Created: August 25, 2022