Cross-hairs plot

[Damkjaer Mads]

Hi everybody

I am trying to make a cross-hair plot of data on surgical outcomes, but I cannot figure out how to make the graphs.

For multiple surgical centers I have 2 different outcomes with a upper and lower confidence interval, i.e.

outcome1, 1lci, 1uci
outcome2, 2lci, 2uci

I would like to make a plot that looks something like the graph below with the cross-hair and different color or label for each center.


I can't figure out how to do this, but I may a simple problem of me just not knowing the correct term to search for (which might not be cross-hair)!

Best regards
Mads Damkjaer

[Andrew Musau]

help tw scatter
help tw rcap

[Maarten Buis]

// create some example data
clear
input i x xlb xub y ylb yub
1 .5 .4 .65 .3 .25 .4
2 .3 .1 .5 .8 .6 .85
end

// make the graph
twoway scatter y x ,                ///
            mlabel(i)               ///
            msymbol(Oh)             ///
            mcolor(black)           ///
            mlabpos(2)||            ///
       rcap ylb yub x,              ///
            lcolor(black) ||        ///
       rcap xlb xub y,              ///
            lcolor(black)           ///
            horizontal              ///
            legend(off)             ///
            scheme(s1mono)          ///
            ylab(0(.25)1, angle(0)) ///
            xlab(0(.25)1)

[Damkjaer Mads]

Brilliant Maarten

[Naseem Alkhoury]

Thank you for the question and coding. Question - how do we add arrows for the long CIs?

[Nick Cox]

See also diplot from SSC.

[Naseem Alkhoury]

Thank you Nick, I just checked this package. It seems good, but my problem is with the long CIs not all of them. I also would need to use colours.
I've been following with Marteen code. It seems good so far, but my problem is with the long CIs. I still need to "scatter the dots" but it's not working out.