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

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

Source

Morgan-Capner P, Wright J, Miller C L, Miller E. Surveillance of antibody to measles, mumps, and rubella by age. British Medical Journal 1988; 297 :770 doi:10.1136/bmj.297.6651.770

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)
)