Aids2                  package:MASS                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

   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 

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains 2843 rows and the following columns:

_N_o_t_e:

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

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

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

