Aids2 {MASS}R Documentation

Australian AIDS Survival Data

Description

Data on patients diagnosed with AIDS in Australia before 1 July 1991.

Usage

Aids2

Format

This data frame contains 2843 rows and the following columns:

state
Grouped state of origin: NSW includes ACT and "other" is WA, SA, NT and TAS.
sex
Sex of patient
diag
(Julian) date of diagnosis
death
(Julian) date of death or end of observation
status
"A" (alive) or "D" (dead) at end of observation
T.categ
Reported transmission category
age
Age (years) at diagnosis

Note

This data set has been slightly jittered as a condition of its release, to ensure patient confidentiality.

Source

Dr P. J. Solomon and the Australian National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.

References

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.


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