ewrates {ISwR} | R Documentation |
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 accommodate follow-up for the nickel
study.
ewrates
A data frame with 150 observations on the following 5 variables:
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 million person-years
nasal
nasal cancer mortality rate per 1 million person-years
other
all cause mortality rate per 1 million person-years
Taken from the “Epi” package by Bendix Carstensen et al.
N.E. Breslow, and N. Day (1987). Statistical Methods in Cancer Research. Volume II: The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies, Appendix IX. IARC Scientific Publications, Lyon.