whoops                 package:DAAG                 R Documentation

_D_e_a_t_h_s _f_r_o_m _w_h_o_o_p_i_n_g _c_o_u_g_h, _i_n _L_o_n_d_o_n

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Deaths from whooping cough, in London from 1740 to 1881.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(whoops)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This is a multiple time series consisting of 3 series: 'wcough',
     'ratio', and 'alldeaths'.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Guy, W. A. 1882. Two hundred and fifty years of small pox in
     London. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 399-443.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Lancaster, H. O. 1990. Expectations of Life. Springer.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(whoops)
     str(whoops)
     plot(whoops) 

