Aids2 {MASS} | R Documentation

## Australian AIDS Survival Data

### Description

Data on patients diagnosed with AIDS in Australia before 1 July 1991.

### Usage

    data(Aids2)

### Format

This data frame contains 2843 rows and the following columns:

`state`
  Grouped state of origin: NSW includes ACT and `"other"` is WA, SA, NT and TAS.
`sex`
  Sex of patient
`diag`
  (Julian) date of diagnosis
`death`
  (Julian) date of death or end of observation
`status`
  `"A"` (alive) or `"D"` (dead) at end of observation
`T.categ`
  Reported transmission category
`age`
  Age (years) at diagnosis

### Note

This data set has been slightly jittered as a condition of its release, to ensure patient confidentiality.

### Source

Dr P. J. Solomon and the Australian National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.