Epi (version 0.6.2)

ewrates: Rates of lung and nasal cancer mortality, and total mortality.

Description

England and Wales mortality rates from lung cancer, nasal cancer, and all causes 1936 - 1980. The 1936 rates are repeated as 1931 rates in order to accomodate follow up for the nickel study.

Usage

data(ewrates)

format

A data frame with 150 observations on the following 5 variables: rl{ id: Subject identifier (numeric) year Calendar period, 1931: 1931--35, 1936: 1936--40, ... age Age class: 10: 10--14, 15:15--19, ... lung Lung cancer mortality rate per 1,000,000 py. nasal Nasal cancer mortality rate per 1,000,000 py. other All cause mortality rate per 1,000,000 py. }

source

From Breslow and Day, Vol II, Appendix IX.

Examples

data(ewrates)
str(ewrates)