mandatory_age: Calculate patient age in manner that conforms to mandatory...

In PublicHealthEngland/hcaidcs: R functions for the mandatory surveillance of bacteraemia and C. difficile infection

Calculate patient age in manner that conforms to mandatory surveillance requirements

Description

Calculates age as integer based on number of years lived. Takes into account leap years.

Usage

mandatory_age(date_of_birth, specimen_date)

Arguments

date_of_birth	Patient's date of birth in date format
specimen_date	Date of specimen in date format

Value

Vector of integer ages

Examples

library(lubridate)
dob <- dmy("31/01/2000")
spec <- dmy("21/01/2001")
mandatory_age(dob, spec)
# Counter example :
round(as.numeric(spec-dob)/365.25, 1)

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