Asthma
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Daily Presentations of Asthma at Campbelltown Hospital
The data arose from a single hospital (at Campbelltown) as part of a larger (ongoing) study into the relationship between atmospheric pollution and the number of asthma cases presenting themselves to various emergency departments in local hospitals in the South West region of Sydney, Australia.
DriverDeaths
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Single Vehicle Nighttime Driver Deaths in Utah
This data set gives the number of single vehicle nighttime driver deaths in the state of Utah by month over the period August 1980 to July 1986, along with observations on a number of possible predictors. The aim of the study from which it was taken was to investigate the effect of the lowering of the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) while driving, from 0.1 to 0.08 units, and the simultaneous introduction of administrative license revocation. The time period for the observations is centred on the month of the intervention, August 1983.
Polio
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Cases of Poliomyelitis in the U.S.
This data set gives the monthly number of cases of poliomyelitis in the U.S. for the years 1970–1983 as reported by the Center for Disease Control. The polio data frame has 168 rows and 8 columns.