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.