creating tree diagram for showing case count using R

r data-visualization
lokheart picture lokheart · Jan 18, 2011 · Viewed 11k times · Source

I need to create a "tree diagram"-like graph to present the number of cases for different scenarios, like the one shown below:

The picture is quoted from :

Pediatrics. 2005 Dec;116(6):1317-22.
Electronic surveillance system for monitoring surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.
Voit SB, Todd JK, Nelson B, Nyquist AC.

I can get the numbers easily from R using the table command, but it is not a very good way to present it.

The chart can be made without any fancy colors or stuff, I just want to use the format to present the numbers. Any suggestions?

Answer

skullkey picture skullkey · Jan 18, 2011

The tree diagram could be drawn using the "diagram" package. It is a generic package for drawing flow diagrams etc. See


library(diagram)
demo("flowchart")

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