IHP 525 Final Project II: Statistical Report Description of Data Set There are two parts to this document. First, is the description of the data so you can answer questions about the data. Second, is a link to the actual .xls file you will upload to StatCrunch. Description of the Data: NAME: Worcester Heart Attack Study WHAS100 Data (whas100.dat) SIZE: 100 Observations, 9 variables SOURCE: Worcester Heart Attack Study data from Dr. Robert J. Goldberg of the Department of Cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. REFERENCE: Hosmer, D.W. and Lemeshow, S. and May, S. (2008) Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data: Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, NY DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: The main goal of this study is to describe factors associated with trends over time in the incidence and survival rates following hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction (MI). Data have been collected during thirteen 1-year periods beginning in 1975 and extending through 2001 on all MI patients admitted to hospitals in the Worcester, Massachusetts Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. DISCLAIMER: This data is also available at the following Wiley's FTP site: ftp//ftp.wiley.com/public/sci_tech_med/survival LIST OF VARIABLES: Variables Name Description Values/Codes ***************************************************************************** 1 id ID Code 1-100 2 admitdate Admission Date mm/dd/yyyy 3 foldate Follow Up Date mm/dd/yyyy 4 los Length of Hospital Stay Days 5 lenfol Follow Up Time Days 6 fstat Follow Up Status 1 = Dead, 0 = Alive 7 age Age years 8 gender Gender 0 = Male 1= Female 9 bmi Body Mass Index kg/m^2 Upload the Data to StatCrunch 1. Visit this help file to learn how to upload a file to StatCrunch http://www.statcrunch.com/app/help.php 2. Access the .xls file to upload to StatCrunch here. You will have to download the file to your computer prior to uploading it to StatCrunch