CDM v6.0

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PERSON

CDM Field User Guide ETL Conventions Datatype Required Primary Key Foreign Key (FK) FK Table FK Domain FK Class
person_id A unique identifier for each person. integer Yes Yes No
gender_concept_id A foreign key that refers to an identifier in the CONCEPT table for the unique gender of the person. integer Yes No Yes CONCEPT Gender
year_of_birth The year of birth of the person. For data sources with date of birth, the year is extracted. For data sources where the year of birth is not available, the approximate year of birth is derived based on any age group categorization available. integer Yes No No
month_of_birth The month of birth of the person. For data sources that provide the precise date of birth, the month is extracted and stored in this field. integer No No No
day_of_birth The day of the month of birth of the person. For data sources that provide the precise date of birth, the day is extracted and stored in this field. integer No No No
birth_datetime The date and time of birth of the person. datetime No No No
death_datetime The date and time of death of the person. datetime No No No
race_concept_id A foreign key that refers to an identifier in the CONCEPT table for the unique race of the person, belonging to the ‘’Race’’ vocabulary. integer Yes No Yes CONCEPT Race
ethnicity_concept_id A foreign key that refers to the standard concept identifier in the Standardized Vocabularies for the ethnicity of the person, belonging to the ‘’Ethnicity’’ vocabulary. integer Yes No Yes CONCEPT Ethnicity
location_id A foreign key to the place of residency for the person in the location table, where the detailed address information is stored. integer No No Yes LOCATION
provider_id A foreign key to the primary care provider the person is seeing in the provider table. integer No No Yes PROVIDER
care_site_id A foreign key to the site of primary care in the care_site table, where the details of the care site are stored. integer No No Yes CARE_SITE
person_source_value An (encrypted) key derived from the person identifier in the source data. This is necessary when a use case requires a link back to the person data at the source dataset. varchar(50) No No No
gender_source_value

The source code for the gender of the person as it appears in the source data. The person