SignalData: Dataset for Signal Detection Analysis, reported cases,...

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A dataset containing an export from the ECDC Atlas for salmonellosis and measles data. This export is cleaned and ready for Signal Detection Analysis (see. cleanAtlasExport() )

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 80,834 rows and 11 variables:

HealthTopic

Disease name e.g. Salmonellosis or Measles

Population

Population characteristics e.g. All cases, Confirmed cases, Serotype AGONA, Serotype BAREILLY etc.

Indicator

Indicator e.g. Hospitalised cases, Reported cases, Number of deaths, etc.

Time

Time variable including both yearly data from 1999 to 2017, and monthly data from 1999-01 to 2018-02

RegionName

Geographical level including country names e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, etc.

NumValue

Number of cases

TimeUnit

Time unit corresponding to the format of the date in the 'Time' variable e.g. Year or Month

TimeYear

Year of the date available in the 'Time' variable, regardless of the date format i.e. 1999 to 2018

TimeMonth

Month of the date available in the 'Time' variable, regardless of the date format i.e. 1 to 12

TimeWeek

Week of the date available in the 'Time' variable, regardless of the date format i.e. NA since this dataset does not include any weekly data

TimeDate

Approximated date corresponding to the date available in the 'Time' variable (daily format)

Source

http://atlas.ecdc.europa.eu/public/index.aspx


EU-ECDC/EpiSignalDetection documentation built on May 26, 2019, 2:36 a.m.