mela.pop {timereg} | R Documentation |
Melanoma data and Danish population mortality by age and sex
Description
Melanoma data with background mortality of Danish population.
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- id
- a numeric vector. Gives patient id.
- sex
- a numeric vector. Gives sex of patient.
- start
- a numeric vector.
Gives the starting time for the
time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.
- stop
- a numeric vector. Gives the stopping time for the
time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.
- status
- a numeric vector code. Survival status. 1: dead from melanoma, 0: alive or
dead from other cause.
- age
- a numeric vector. Gives the age of the patient at removal of tumor.
- rate
- a numeric vector. Gives the population mortality for the
given sex and age. Based on Table A.2 in Andersen
et al. (1993).
Source
Andersen, P.K., Borgan {O}, Gill R.D., Keiding N. (1993),
Statistical Models Based on
Counting Processes, Springer-Verlag.
Examples
data(mela.pop)
names(mela.pop)
[Package
timereg version 1.1-2
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