Get starting time period, ending time period and mortality cause name from the
data set for use in axis and main plot titles.
Usage
iidda_get_metadata(
data,
time_variable = "period_end_date",
descriptor_variable = "cause"
)
Arguments
- data
data frame containing time series data
- time_variable
column name of time variable in `data`, default is "period_end_date"
- descriptor_variable
column name of the descriptor variable in `data`, default is "cause" for
mortality data sets.
Value
a list in order containing minimum time period, maximum time period and cause name.