Recode sex value of cause-of-death data based on CoDEdit rules

Usage

cod_recode_sex(sex_value, sex_code = c(1L, 2L), codedit = TRUE)

Arguments

sex_value: A character or integer value or vector of values signifying the sex.
sex_code: A character or integer vector of 2 values that indicate which values are to be considered pertaining to males (first value in the vector) or to females (second value in the vector).
codedit: Logical. Should output be based on the CoDEdit version 2 coding rules. Default to TRUE.

Value

An integer value or vector of values containing either 1 for males or 2 for females. If codedit = TRUE, values not equal to the sex_code values are coded as 9 (integer). Otherwise, it is coded as NA_integer_.

Examples

cod_recode_sex(
  sex_value = c(rep("m", 2), rep("f", 3)),
  sex_code = c("m", "f")
)
#> [1] 1 1 2 2 2