ewrates                 package:Epi                 R Documentation

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

     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.

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

     data(ewrates)

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

     A data frame with 150 observations on the following 5 variables:

         '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.

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

     From Breslow and Day, Vol II, Appendix IX.

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

     data(ewrates)
     str(ewrates)

