season (version 0.2-6)

CVD: Cardiovascular deaths in Los Angeles, 1987--2000

Description

Monthly number of deaths from cardiovascular disease in people aged 75 and over in Los Angeles for the years 1987 to 2000.

Usage

data(CVD)

source

From the NMMAPS study (http://www.ihapss.jhsph.edu/), also available via the NMMAPSlite Rlibrary.

References

Samet JM, Dominici F, Zeger SL, Schwartz J, Dockery DW (2000). The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study, Part I: Methods and Methodologic Issues. Research Report 94, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge MA.

Examples

data(CVD)
plot(CVD$yrmon, CVD$cvd, type='o', xlab='Date',
     ylab='Number of CVD deaths per month')