Postal Code field: Difference between revisions

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* linking to Stats Canada for socioeconomic stratification of population by geographic area  
* linking to Stats Canada for socioeconomic stratification of population by geographic area  
* [[Data Integrity Checks]] for the [[Province field]] for out-of-province patients via [[Postal Code Master table]]
* [[Data Integrity Checks]] for the [[Province field]] for out-of-province patients via [[Postal Code Master table]]
=== Grouping by Area ===
Using the first three digits of the code, as done for [[Data definition for contributing factors for the Overstay2 project]]
* Winnipeg: ('R2B','R2C','R2E','R2G','R2H','R2L','R2M','R2N','R2P','R2R','R2S','R2V','R2Z','R3A','R3C','R3G','R3H','R3J','R3K','R3L','R3M','R3N','R3R','','R3V','R3W','R3X','R3Y')
* Northern MB: ('R9A')
* Rest MB: ('R0A','R0E','R0V','R0X','R1A','R1N','R1W','R4A','R4B','R4H',
'R5A','R5G','R5H','R5K','R5L','R5M','R5N','R5P','R5R','R5T',
'R6M','R6P','R6T','R6W','R7A','R7B')
* North-Western Ontario


{{Data Integrity Check List}}
{{Data Integrity Check List}}