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List of lookup tables for harmonizing historical inconsistencies in naming.

Usage

harmonization_lookup_tables

Format

A list of data frames, one for each column with historical naming inconsistencies:

location

location

Unique names of locations found in IIDDA

iso_3166

National jurisdiction codes

iso_3166_2

Sub-national jurisdiction codes

sex

sex

Unique names of sexes found in IIDDA

iso_5218

Numeric sex codes

Details

For example, NFLD and Newfoundland can both be represented using the iso-3166-2 standard as CA-NL. These tables can be joined to data in IIDDA to produce standardized variables that harmonize historical inconsistencies.