rvold {pvLRT}

FDA rotavirus vaccine dataset with 727 adverse events observed among "old" (non-infant; age >= 1 year) individuals

Description

A vaccine-Adverse event (AE) count dataset (contingency table) obtained from the FDA VAERS database for the year 1999

Usage

rvold

Format

An object of class matrix (inherits from array) with 727 rows and 2 columns.

Details

Data are stored in the forms of contingency table, with the vaccines listed across the columns and the 727 AEs presented across the rows. Each cell in the contingency table represents the total report counts (from "old" individuals with age >= 1 year) associated with that vaccine/AE pair and detected in the FDA VAERS database for the year 1999.

The dataset contains two columns – one for the rotavirus vaccine, and another for other (37 vaccines combined).

Source

https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/datasets.html