87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DOB, gender, zip}

Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by thisuser on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @04:54PM (#2943209)

Medical and voting records generally ask for sex, not gender. It would be nice if the two concepts would stop being confused.

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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by masterzora on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @04:58PM (#2943222)

I agree. That said, using actual gender rather than assigned sex only serves to identify people more uniquely. I wonder if that would have an appreciable effect on the stats or if it would fall within error bars.

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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by billybob on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @05:09PM (#2943264)

You'd have to have a pretty long dropdown menu in the data-mining centers for all the genders people self-identify these days. Some people might be uniquely identifiable on that value alone.

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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by DrJ on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @06:32PM (#2943521)

or when someone comes up with a newer more politically correct term!

I prefer writing Sex: Yes, please

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