Cancer survival           package:epicalc           R Documentation

_D_a_t_a_s_e_t _o_n _c_a_n_c_e_r _s_u_r_v_i_v_a_l

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

     Dataset on cancer survival checking whether there was a difference
     between cancer patients in private and public hospitals.

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

     data(Compaq)

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

     A data frame with 1064 observations on the following 7 variables.

     '_i_d' a numeric vector

     '_h_o_s_p_i_t_a_l' a factor with levels 'Public hospital' 'Private
          hospital'

     '_s_t_a_t_u_s' a numeric vector

     '_s_t_a_g_e' a factor with levels 'Stage 1' 'Stage 2' 'Stage 3' 'Stage
          4'

     '_a_g_e_g_r' a factor with levels '<40' '40-49' '50-59' '60+'

     '_s_e_s' a factor with levels 'Rich' 'High-middle' 'Poor-middle'
          'Poor'

     '_y_e_a_r' a numeric vector

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

     data(Compaq)
     use(Compaq)
     des()

