hepABulg {csci}

Hepatitis A Data from Bulgaria

Description

Hepatitis A data from Bulgaria, collected from school-children and blood donors by Prof. G. Frosner, Munich (from Keiding, 1991, Table 1).

Usage

data("hepABulg")

Format

A data frame with 850 observations on the following 2 variables.

age

a numeric vector

testPos

a numeric vector, Hepatitis A positive=1, or not=0

Details

Each row in the data frame represents an individual and the age tested in years and the results of the hepatitis A test (1=positive, 0=negative). Ages of the individuals range from 1 to 86 years old.

Source

Keiding, N (1991). Age-specific Incidence and Prevalence: a Statistical Perspective. JRSS A 154(3): 371-412 (Table 2).

Examples

data(hepABulg)
head(hepABulg)