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# Patient Address

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

The patient address table contains normalized address information for patients. This table supports multiple addresses per patient.

**Primary Keys:**

* patient\_id
* address\_rank

**Foreign Keys:**

* patient\_id - links to the [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/patient) table

| Column            | Data Type  | Description                                                 |
| ----------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| patient\_id       | varchar    | Unique identifier for the patient                           |
| address           | varchar    | First and second address lines concatenated                 |
| city              | varchar    | City name                                                   |
| district          | varchar    | District name (e.g., county)                                |
| state             | varchar    | State or province code                                      |
| zip\_code         | varchar    | ZIP or postal code                                          |
| country           | varchar    | Country code                                                |
| lines             | varchar\[] | Address lines as array of strings                           |
| data\_source\_ext | varchar    | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension |
| address\_rank     | integer    | Patient FHIR resource array order                           |