get_hosp_data: Retrieves influenza hospitalization statistics from the CDC...

In cdcfluview: Retrieve Flu Season Data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ('CDC') 'FluView' Portal

Description

Uses the data source from the CDC FluView and provides influenza hospitalization reporting data as a data frame.

Usage

get_hosp_data(
  area = "flusurvnet",
  age_group = "overall",
  years = as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y")) - 1
)

Arguments

area	one of "flusurvnet", "eip", "ihsp", or two digit state abbreviation for an individual site. Exceptions are New York - Albany ("nya") and New York - Rochester ("nyr")
age_group	a vector of age groups to pull data for. Possible values are: "overall", "0-4y", "5-17y, "18-49y, "50-64y, "65+y".
years	a vector of years to retrieve data for (i.e. 2014 for CDC flu season 2014-2015). Default value is the current year and all years values should be >= 2009

Value

A single data.frame.

Note

There is often a noticeable delay when making the API request to the CDC. This is not due to a large download size, but the time it takes for their servers to crunch the data. Wrap the function call in httr::with_verbose if you would like to see what's going on.

Examples

## Not run: 
# All of FluSurv-NET, 50-64 years old, 2010/11-2014/15 flu seasons
hosp <- get_hosp_data("flusurvnet", "50-64y", years=2010:2014)

## End(Not run)

cdcfluview documentation built on May 22, 2021, 5:07 p.m.