Abstract
to geocode all residence addresses from Lazio Health Information System in order to obtain a geographical regional database. a semiautomatic and multistep geocoding procedure using several tools and software. all residence addresses of resident population of Lazio Region (Central Italy) in 2020. geographic coordinates at residence addresses and accuracy level of geocoding procedure for more than 1 million of addresses. the 99% of residence addresses in the Lazio Region have been geocoded thanks to the purposed procedure; almost 94% of the addresses have been geocoded with a good level of accuracy (more than 56% at civic number level). In the province of Rome, the percentage of addresses geocoded with a good level of accuracy is higher (97.1%), while in the province of Rieti and Frosinone is lower (82.7% and 84.2%, respectively). this method is useful to obtain accurate geographic coordinates of residences of the entire regional population. This database will be useful for several epidemiological studies in the Region.
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