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Table 1 Overview of the missing values for variables in FiksCT that were linked with national registers before and after date of integration at the municipality

From: Does integration with national registers improve the data completeness of local COVID-19 contact tracing tools? A register-based study in Norway, May 2020 - September 2021

Variable

Missing values

 

Before integration

After integration

 

Missing

%

Missing

%

Data in municipal FiksCT based on linkage with Norwegian Population Register#

 

(n = 6420)

(n = 50 190)

ID

802

12.5

782

1.6

Sex

289

4.5

436

0.9

Date of birth

75

1.2

181

0.4

Data in municipal FiksCT based on linkage with SYSVAK#

 

(n = 38 897)

(n = 6 197)

Type of first vaccine

24 344

62.6

917

14.8

Date of first vaccine

559

6.2

78

2.6

Type of 2nd vaccine

3 617

39.3

1 111

36.7

Date of 2nd vaccine

270

5.6

24

1.7

Data in national MSIS register including variable submitted through FiksCT*

 

(n = 43 844)

(n = 21 456)

Date of symptoms

16,051

36.6

7 524

35.1

Home care admission

20 537

46.8

3 980

18.6

Close contact

9 239

21.1

4 221

19.7

Infected outside Norway

14 034

32.0

5 722

26.7

Reason for test

7 358

16.8

4 880

22.7

Underlying conditions

13 126

29.9

5 006

23.3

Place/type of exposure

8602

19.6

4 773

22.3

  1. SYSVAK: Norwegian Immunisation Registry, MSIS: Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases. #Missing values for variables in FiksCT. *Missing values of variables in MSIS, for variables included in the FiksCT