State Data Dictionary - North Dakota Department of Health

Version 2.0 09/18/200710. Date of BirthName of Data Element:Date of BirthPriority: EssentialDefinition: Patient's date of birth.National Element: YesNHTSA 2:E06_16XML: XSD Data Type: xs:dateXSD Domain (Simple Type): DateOfBirthMultiple Entry Configuration: NoAccepts Null Values: Yes, but null value is blank or emptyRequired in XSD: YesMinimum Constraint: 1,890Maximum Constraint: 2,030Content: Format permits sorting across multiple years, and is recommended for data exportpurposes. Century digits are mandatory.Discussion and Justification: Extremely valuable for probabilistic linkage and calculation ofaccurate age information. Provides much more discriminatory power in probabilistic linkagethan the numeric age. Key component of an EMS Medical Record. Provides importantinformation which will allow EMS data to be sorted, grouped and evaluated by agedemographics.Business Rules: Records submitted with an Incident Disposition involving EMS treatment orevaluation must have a Date of Birth value entered. If the incident is appropriate to not reportthis data element, then this element would be submitted following the null rules.Technical Comments: Submission of this data requires HIPAA compliance awareness on partof the agency and the software.Page 24Copyright 2006-2007, North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS & Med-Media, Inc.