serosv (version 1.1.0)

rubella_uk_1986_1987: Rubella serological data from the UK in 1986 and 1987 (aggregated)

Description

Prevalence of rubella in the UK, obtained from a large survey of prevalence of antibodies to both mumps and rubella viruses.

Usage

rubella_uk_1986_1987

Format

A data frame with 3 variables:

age

Age group

pos

Number of seropositive individuals

tot

Total number of individuals surveyed

Examples

# Reproduce Fig 4.4 (middle panel), p. 67
age <- rubella_uk_1986_1987$age
pos <- rubella_uk_1986_1987$pos
tot <- rubella_uk_1986_1987$tot
plot(age, pos / tot,
  cex = 0.008 * tot, pch = 16, xlab = "age", ylab = "seroprevalence",
  xlim = c(0, 45), ylim = c(0, 1)
)