fingertipsR

This is an R package to interact with Public Health England's Fingertips data tool. This can be used to load data from the Fingertips API into R for further manipulation.

Installation

From zip

Download this repository from GitHub and either build from source or do:

source <- devtools:::source_pkg("C:/path/to/fingertips-master")
install(source)

With devtools

You can install the latest version of fingertipsR from github with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("PublicHealthEngland/fingertipsR")

Example

This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:

library(fingertipsR)
df <- profiles(ProfileName = "Public Health Outcomes Framework")
print(df)
#>   ProfileID                      ProfileName   DomainID
#> 1        19 Public Health Outcomes Framework    1000041
#> 2        19 Public Health Outcomes Framework    1000042
#> 3        19 Public Health Outcomes Framework    1000043
#> 4        19 Public Health Outcomes Framework    1000044
#> 5        19 Public Health Outcomes Framework    1000049
#> 6        19 Public Health Outcomes Framework 1938132983
#>                           DomainName
#> 1       Wider determinants of health
#> 2                 Health improvement
#> 3                  Health protection
#> 4 Healthcare and premature mortality
#> 5             Overarching indicators
#> 6             Supporting information

Use

Please see the vignette for information on use.

vignette("lifeExpectancy")