Registry data linkage consent
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Question label:
Registry data linkage consent
Question text:
We would also like to link to information about cancer registrations and the death registration records held by the General Registrars and Public Health bodies in each of the four countries of the UK.
Do you give permission for us to pass your personal identifiers (including name, address, postcode, sex and date of birth) to the NHS data holders for this purpose?
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.02% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 137 | 1.08% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 14 | 0.11% |
| Yes | 1 | 8727 | 68.82% |
| No | 2 | 3795 | 29.93% |
| Total | 12680 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 158 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.46 | 12522 |



