mela.pop: Melanoma data and Danish population mortality by age and sex

In timereg: Flexible Regression Models for Survival Data

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)

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