Aids2                  package:MASS                  R Documentation

Australian AIDS Survival Data

Description:

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

Usage:

     data(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.

