The <code>lep</code> data frame has 1370 rows and 7 columns. This was an
unmatched case-control study in which incident cases of leprosy in a
region of N. Malawi were compared with population controls.

datasets

Functions for demographic and epidemiological
  analysis in the Lexis diagram, i.e. register and cohort follow-up
  data, including interval censored data and representation of
  multistate data. Also some useful functions for tabulation and
  plotting. Contains some epidemiological datasets. 

Bendix Carstensen

A package for statistical analysis in epidemiology.

lep function

This data frame contains the following columns:
<tabular>rl</tabular>{
<code>id</code>: 	subject identifier: a numeric vector <code>d</code>: 	case/control status: a numeric vector (1=case, 0=control) <code>age</code>: 	a factor with levels
<code>5-9</code> 
<code>10-14</code> 
<code>15-19</code> 
<code>20-24</code> 
<code>25-29</code> 
<code>30-44</code> 
<code>45+</code>  <code>sex</code>: 	a factor with levels
<code>male</code>,  
<code>female</code>  <code>bcg</code>: 	presence of vaccine scar, a factor with levels
<code>no</code> 
<code>yes</code>  <code>school</code>: 	schooling, a factor with levels
<code>none</code> 
<code>1-5yrs</code> 
<code>6-8yrs</code> 
<code>sec/tert</code> <code>house</code>: 	housing, a factor with levels
<code>brick</code> 
<code>sunbrick</code> 
<code>wattle</code> 
<code>temp</code>  }

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The study is described in more detail in Clayton and Hills, Statistical
Models in Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, Oxford:1993.

lep: An unmatched case-control study of leprosy incidence

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