case_records: Cholera case records Denmark, 1853.

In matthew-phelps/CholeraDataDK: Cholera Case Data from Denmark mid-1800s

Description

A dataset of cholera cases from two small Danish towns of Nykoebing (Felster) and Frederikshavn in 1853. This set includes all recorded cholera patients. Presumebly they were admitted to some temporary field hospital since "discharge" dates are included. The towns would have been too small to have a regular hospital however.

Usage

case_records

Format

A data frame with 254 rows and 8 variables:

admission_order

Vector of integer values describing the order in which cases were recorded - but does not seemingly correspond to any real-life value

date_admission

Vector of date values recording the date that the patient was diagnosed

age

Numeric vector of age of cases

dicharge_date

Vector of dates of discharge from the hospital, presumably recovered. NA values mean either patient died or date was not recorded

death_date

Vector of dates of death of patient, if applicable. NA values mean either patient was discharged or date was not recorded

outcome

Integer vector of possible patient outcomes. 1 = death & 0 = discharged

event

Vector of dates on which the outcome occured. I.e., the date the patient either died or was discharged

location

Name of the town

Source

Various handwritten archival records from local doctors. Data entered by Emma Davidson and found by Mads Perner

matthew-phelps/CholeraDataDK documentation built on May 21, 2019, 12:59 p.m.