A 501 by 9 data matrix of a contingency table processed from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database. This dataset covers a specific period from Q1 2021 to Q4 2023.
betablocker500A data matrix with 501 rows and 9 columns.
A 501 by 9 data matrix of a contingency table from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database, covering the period from Q1 2021 to Q4 2023.
The 500 rows correspond to the AEs with the highest overall frequency (row marginals) reported during the period, and 1 row for Other AEs. The reported AEs - "Off label use" and "Drug ineffective" have been excluded.
The dataset includes the following 9 columns: Acebutolol, Atenolol, Bisoprolol, Carvedilol, Metoprolol, Nadolol, Propranolol, Timolol, and Other.
The marginal totals for each column are as follows: Acebutolol: 62,164, Atenolol: 36,619, Bisoprolol: 134,297, Carvedilol: 35,922, Metoprolol: 88,387, Nadolol: 11,191, Propranolol: 56,444, Timolol: 16,077, Other: 76,926,859.
Also refer to the supplementary material of:
Ding, Y., Markatou, M., & Ball, R. (2020). An evaluation of statistical approaches to postmarketing surveillance. Statistics in Medicine, 39(7), 845-874
for the data generation process. The quarterly files can be found in https://fis.fda.gov/extensions/FPD-QDE-FAERS/FPD-QDE-FAERS.html.
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