trends: Plot trend chart

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Description

Plot trend chart

Usage

trends(
  data,
  timeperiod,
  value,
  area,
  comparator,
  area_name,
  fill,
  lowerci,
  upperci,
  title = "",
  subtitle = "",
  xlab = "",
  ylab = "",
  point_size = 4
)

Arguments

data	data.frame object to plot using ggplot2 functions
timeperiod	field containing the time period (unquoted)
value	field containing variable to be plotted on x axis (unquoted)
area	field containing variable to be plotted on y axis (unquoted)
comparator	string; name of comparator area (this should exist in the field described by the area parameter)
area_name	string; name of the local area (this should exist in the field described by the area parameter)
fill	field to be used to determine the colouring of the bars (unquoted)
lowerci	field containing variable to be plotted as lower confidence interval (unquoted - not required)
upperci	string; field containing variable to be plotted as upper confidence interval (unquoted - not required)
title	string; title of chart
subtitle	string; text to use as subtitle to graph
xlab	string; x-axis title
ylab	string; y-axis title
point_size	number; size of point

Value

a ggplot of trends for an indicator alongside a comparator

See Also

Other quick charts: box_plots(), compare_areas(), compare_indicators(), map(), overview(), population()

Examples

library(dplyr)
df <- create_test_data()

df_trend <- df %>%
        arrange(IndicatorName) %>%
        mutate(Timeperiod = rep(c("2011", "2012", "2013", "2014", "2015", "2016"),
                                each = 111))
p <- trends(df_trend,
            timeperiod = Timeperiod,
            value = Value,
            area = AreaCode,
            comparator = "C001",
            area_name = "AC142",
            fill = Significance,
            lowerci = LCI,
            upperci = UCI,
            title = "Trend compared to country",
            subtitle = "For area AC142",
            xlab = "Year",
            ylab = "Value (%)")
p

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