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NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘Person Age’

Definition: The age of the person involved.

Example: A 6 month old child would be entered as 0.5 years.

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Transactions containing ‘Person Age’

A few NFIRS elements are reused accross a number of transactions, but typically the value is captured by one transaction only.

Element Specification

 Specification   Value 
Requirement Mandatory
Element Type Floating Point - Floating point precision numbers (The expected length column depicts the max left and right side precision). If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted. - - Age (years and months)
Floating Point Precision 2
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