nutshell (version 1.02)

toxins.and.cancer: Toxins and Cancer

Description

This data set contains informaion on the volume of toxic chemicals released in each state during 2006, deaths from cancer during 2008, and the surface area of each state.

Usage

data(toxins.and.cancer)

source

This data was taken from several tables in the Statistical Abstract of the United States. You can download this data from http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab

Details

This data is used as an example in the book "R in a Nutshell," from O'Reilly Media.

Examples

data(toxins.and.cancer)
attach(toxins.and.cancer)
plot(total_toxic_chemicals/Surface_Area,deaths_total/Population)
plot(air_on_site/Surface_Area,deaths_lung/Population)