On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the Aids2 data set which pertains to Australian AIDS Survival Data. The Aids2 data set is found in the MASS R package. You can load the Aids2 data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("Aids2"). This will load the data into a variable called Aids2. If R says the Aids2 data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("MASS") and then attempt to reload the data. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the Aids2 R data set. The size of this file is about 97,151 bytes.

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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Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.