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# Patient

> Schema documentation for the Patient table in the Metriport data model

The patient table contains information on patients, including demographic information such as birth date and gender.

**Note:** The name, address, and telecom fields in this table are from the first indices of the corresponding Patient resource FHIR arrays. To see the full set of demographics, see the [patient name](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/patient-name), [patient address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/patient-address), and [patient telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/patient-telecom) tables.

**Primary Keys:**

* patient\_id

| Column | Data Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| patient\_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the patient |
| first\_name | varchar | First given name |
| last\_name | varchar | Family name (last name) |
| gender | varchar | Gender at birth |
| birth\_date | date | Date of birth |
| address | varchar | First and second address lines concatenated |
| city | varchar | City name |
| state | varchar | State or province code |
| zip\_code | varchar | ZIP or postal code |
| email | varchar | Email address |
| phone | varchar | Phone number |
| meta\_source | varchar | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source |
| data\_source | varchar | **Deprecated.** Use `meta_source` instead. |
| data\_source\_ext | varchar | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension |


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