mela.pop

Melanoma data with background mortality of Danish population.

datasets

Programs for Martinussen and Scheike (2006), `Dynamic Regression
Models for Survival Data', Springer Verlag.  Plus more recent developments.
Additive survival model, semiparametric proportional odds model, fast
cumulative residuals, excess risk models and more. Flexible competing risks
regression including GOF-tests. Two-stage frailty modelling. PLS for the
additive risk model. Lasso in the 'ahaz' package.

Thomas Scheike

timereg

Flexible Regression Models for Survival Data

Torben Martinussen

Jeremy Silver

Klaus K. Holst

mela.pop function

This data frame contains the following columns:<dl>
 <dt>id</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives patient id.</dd> <dt>sex</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives sex of patient.</dd> <dt>start</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. 
Gives the starting time for the
 time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.</dd> <dt>stop</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives the stopping time for the
 time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.</dd><dt>status</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector code. Survival status. 1: dead from melanoma, 0: alive or
 dead from other cause.</dd> <dt>age</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives the age of the patient at removal of tumor.</dd> <dt>rate</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives the population mortality for the 
 given sex and age. Based on Table A.2 in Andersen 
 et al. (1993).</dd> 
</dl>

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Melanoma data and Danish population mortality by age and sex — mela.pop

This data frame contains the following columns:<dl>
 <dt>id</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives patient id.</dd>

 <dt>sex</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives sex of patient.</dd>

 <dt>start</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. 
Gives the starting time for the
 time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.</dd>

 <dt>stop</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives the stopping time for the
 time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.</dd>

<dt>status</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector code. Survival status. 1: dead from melanoma, 0: alive or
 dead from other cause.</dd>

 <dt>age</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives the age of the patient at removal of tumor.</dd>

 <dt>rate</dt>
<dd>a numeric vector. Gives the population mortality for the 
 given sex and age. Based on Table A.2 in Andersen 
 et al. (1993).</dd>

 
</dl>

mela.pop: Melanoma data and Danish population mortality by age and sex

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