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Find Duplicate Records in SQL

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Problem

Johns Hopkins Medicine needs to identify duplicate patient records before a data quality cleanup. Write a SQL query to find records that appear more than once based on the same first_name, last_name, and date_of_birth.

Requirements

  1. Return each duplicated name and birth date combination only once
  2. Include the number of times each duplicate appears
  3. Sort results by duplicate count descending, then by name

Schema

patient_records
ColumnTypeDescription
patient_idPKINTPrimary key for each patient record
first_nameVARCHAR(100)Patient first name
last_nameVARCHAR(100)Patient last name
date_of_birthDATEPatient date of birth
mrnVARCHAR(20)Medical record number
created_atTIMESTAMPRecord creation timestamp
Tablespatient_records
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