WHO

This vignette provides details on the source data retrieved from WHO.

library(pddcs)

About the source

fetch_indicator() with source = 'who' retrieves data from the Global Health Observatory provided by WHO.

Note that some indicators are re-scaled before being returned by fetch_indicator(). Currently this applies to SH.MED.NUMW.P3, SH.MED.PHYS.ZS and SH.MED.BEDS.ZS, which are all re-scaled from values per 10,000 to values per 1,000.

Available indicators

The following 53 indicators are available for WHO.

library(dplyr)
data(indicatorlist)
indicatorlist %>% 
  filter(source == 'who') %>% 
  select(indicator)

##            indicator
## 1     SH.DYN.NCOM.ZS
## 2  SH.DYN.NCOM.FE.ZS
## 3  SH.DYN.NCOM.MA.ZS
## 4     SH.STA.SUIC.P5
## 5  SH.STA.SUIC.FE.P5
## 6  SH.STA.SUIC.MA.P5
## 7     SH.ALC.PCAP.LI
## 8  SH.ALC.PCAP.FE.LI
## 9  SH.ALC.PCAP.MA.LI
## 10    SH.STA.AIRP.P5
## 11 SH.STA.AIRP.FE.P5
## 12 SH.STA.AIRP.MA.P5
## 13    SH.STA.WASH.P5
## 14 SH.STA.WASH.FE.P5
## 15 SH.STA.WASH.MA.P5
## 16    SH.STA.POIS.P5
## 17 SH.STA.POIS.P5.MA
## 18 SH.STA.POIS.P5.FE
## 19    SH.STA.TRAF.P5
## 20 SH.STA.TRAF.FE.P5
## 21 SH.STA.TRAF.MA.P5
## 22    SH.ANM.CHLD.ZS
## 23    SH.ANM.NPRG.ZS
## 24    SH.ANM.ALLW.ZS
## 25       SH.PRG.ANEM
## 26    SP.REG.DTHS.ZS
## 27    SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
## 28       SH.PRV.SMOK
## 29    SH.PRV.SMOK.FE
## 30    SH.PRV.SMOK.MA
## 31    SH.MED.NUMW.P3
## 32    SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
## 33    SH.PRG.SYPH.ZS
## 34    SH.STA.OWAD.ZS
## 35 SH.STA.OWAD.FE.ZS
## 36 SH.STA.OWAD.MA.ZS
## 37 SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS
## 38 SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD
## 39 SH.XPD.CHEX.PP.CD
## 40 SH.XPD.GHED.CH.ZS
## 41 SH.XPD.GHED.GE.ZS
## 42 SH.XPD.GHED.GD.ZS
## 43 SH.XPD.GHED.PC.CD
## 44 SH.XPD.GHED.PP.CD
## 45 SH.XPD.PVTD.CH.ZS
## 46 SH.XPD.PVTD.PC.CD
## 47 SH.XPD.PVTD.PP.CD
## 48 SH.XPD.EHEX.CH.ZS
## 49 SH.XPD.EHEX.PC.CD
## 50 SH.XPD.EHEX.PP.CD
## 51 SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS
## 52 SH.XPD.OOPC.PC.CD
## 53 SH.XPD.OOPC.PP.CD

Examples

# Fetch data on hospital beds
df <- fetch_indicator('SH.MED.BEDS.ZS', source = 'who')

# Fetch data for mortality rate attributed to unsafe water
df <- fetch_indicator(
 indicator = c('SH.STA.WASH.P5', 'SH.STA.WASH.FE.P5', 'SH.STA.WASH.MA.P5'),
 source = 'who')

References

WHO. Global Health Observatory. https://www.who.int/data/gho