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One source of missing postcodes is transcription omissions at individual laboratories but because these are likely to affect samples in a random manner they are unlikely to be correlated with any independent variables.
Since the proportion of records with unknown deprivation category was relatively high, and because the probability of missing data in this field is not random (the probability of missing postcode data is related to deprivation and other risk indicators 11), the missing values were coded as 'deprivation unknown' and retained in the analysis.
The 0.5% of registrants with missing postcodes (n = 890) were excluded.
In 1990 92, 873 patient records (1.2%) had missing postcode information and were excluded from our analysis; the corresponding figure for 2000 02 was 437 (0.8%).
Where an IAPT forename, surname, date of birth or postcode was missing - that record was discarded (n = 98; 91 missing postcodes, 7 missing dates of birth).
This detailed information provides the opportunity to improve linkage algorithms (eg, by allowing records including missing postcodes to match if other identifiers are the same).
In the remaining surveys, the participants with missing postcodes accounted for not >6% overall.
Postcodes were missing for all birth episodes in 2011/2012 and missing for 2.8% of newborns readmitted in 2011/2012.
In 0.5% of bowel and 0.7% of breast invitees a deprivation index could not be computed due to missing postcode data.
Fifty nine addresses were incomplete or missing, thus 85% of all potential postcodes were available for the analysis.
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