A subset of data from the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report, and accompanying global populations.
who
populationwho: a data frame with 7,240 rows and the columns:
Country name
2 & 3 letter ISO country codes
Year
Counts of new TB cases recorded by group. Column names encode three variables that describe the group (see details).
population: a data frame with 4,060 rows and three columns:
Country name
Year
Population
The data uses the original codes given by the World Health
Organization. The column names for columns five through 60 are made by
combining new_ to a code for method of diagnosis (rel =
relapse, sn = negative pulmonary smear, sp = positive
pulmonary smear, ep = extrapulmonary) to a code for gender
(f = female, m = male) to a code for age group (014 =
0-14 yrs of age, 1524 = 15-24 years of age, 2534 = 25 to
34 years of age, 3544 = 35 to 44 years of age, 4554 = 45 to
54 years of age, 5564 = 55 to 64 years of age, 65 = 65 years
of age or older).