Retrieves official references and small, filtered code-list slices from WHO's public xMart GHE table. Results are cached in memory for ten minutes.
Value
A tibble of code and label. Cause results include hierarchy
fields. Measures include their provider field and unit. Missing official
labels remain NA. Countries, ages and causes describe the latest GHE
year; use ghe_coverage() to verify a specific selection.
Examples
# \donttest{
ghe_dimensions('sex')
#> # A tibble: 3 × 2
#> code label
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 MALE Male
#> 2 FEMALE Female
#> 3 TOTAL Total
ghe_dimensions('age')
#> # A tibble: 22 × 2
#> code label
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 D0T27 NA
#> 2 M1T11 NA
#> 3 TOTAL All ages
#> 4 Y0T1 Under 1 year
#> 5 Y10T14 10 to 14 years
#> 6 Y15T19 15 to 19 years
#> 7 Y1T4 1 to 4 years
#> 8 Y20T24 20 to 24 years
#> 9 Y25T29 25 to 29 years
#> 10 Y30T34 30 to 34 years
#> # ℹ 12 more rows
ghe_dimensions('measure')
#> # A tibble: 11 × 4
#> code field label unit
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 deaths VAL_DTHS_COUNT_NUMERIC Deaths deat…
#> 2 death_rate VAL_DTHS_RATE100K_NUMERIC Death rate per …
#> 3 yll VAL_YLL_COUNT_NUMERIC Years of life lost years
#> 4 yll_rate VAL_YLL_RATE100K_NUMERIC YLL rate per …
#> 5 yld VAL_YLD_COUNT_NUMERIC Years lived with disability years
#> 6 yld_rate VAL_YLD_RATE100K_NUMERIC YLD rate per …
#> 7 daly VAL_DALY_COUNT_NUMERIC Disability-adjusted life years years
#> 8 daly_rate VAL_DALY_RATE100K_NUMERIC DALY rate per …
#> 9 deaths_percent VAL_PROP_DTHS_PERCENT Share of deaths perc…
#> 10 yld_percent VAL_PROP_YLD_PERCENT Share of YLD perc…
#> 11 daly_percent VAL_PROP_DALY_PERCENT Share of DALY perc…
# }
