add_epi_rates function

Adding incidence, mortality and lethality rates to the downloaded data

This function adds the incidence, mortality and lethality rates to a given data set downloaded by the covid19br::downloadCovid19() function.

add_epi_rates(data, ...)

Arguments

• data: a data set downloaded using the covid19br::downloadCovid19() function.
• ...: further arguments passed to other methods.

Returns

the data set with the added incidence, mortality and lethality rates.

Details

The function add_epi_rates() was designed to work with the original names of the variables accumDeaths, accummCases and pop available in the data set downloaded by the covid19br::downloadCovid19(). For this reason, this function must be used before any change in such variable names.

Examples

library(covid19br)
library(dplyr)

brazil <- downloadCovid19(level = "brazil")
brazil <- add_epi_rates(brazil)
glimpse(brazil)

Author(s)

Fabio N. Demarqui fndemarqui@est.ufmg.br