In worldbank/pddcs: Prepare data for Data Collection System

options(rmarkdown.html_vignette.check_title = FALSE)
library(pddcs)
indicators <-
  indicatorlist[indicatorlist$source == 'who',]$indicator

This vignette provides details on the source data retrieved from WHO.

library(pddcs)

About the source

fetch_indicator() with source = 'who' retrieves data from the Global Health Observatory provided by WHO.

Note that some indicators are re-scaled before being returned by fetch_indicator(). Currently this applies to SH.MED.NUMW.P3, SH.MED.PHYS.ZS and SH.MED.BEDS.ZS, which are all re-scaled from values per 10,000 to values per 1,000.

Available indicators

The following r length(indicators) indicators are available for WHO.

library(dplyr)
data(indicatorlist)
indicatorlist %>% 
  filter(source == 'who') %>% 
  select(indicator)

Examples

# Fetch data on hospital beds
df <- fetch_indicator('SH.MED.BEDS.ZS', source = 'who')

# Fetch data for mortality rate attributed to unsafe water
df <- fetch_indicator(
 indicator = c('SH.STA.WASH.P5', 'SH.STA.WASH.FE.P5', 'SH.STA.WASH.MA.P5'),
 source = 'who')