Example Dataset: Lung Cancer Mortality

Description

Lung mortality rates for all 50 states and Washington D.C.

Usage

data(lungMort)

Format

A data frame with 51 rows and the following 14 columns:

StateAb

abbreviation of state name.

Rate_95

mortality rate estimate for 1995.

Count_95

estimated number of cases in 1995.

Lower_95

lower bound of a 95 percent confidence interval for 1995 mortality rate.

Upper_95

lower bound of a 95 percent confidence interval for 1995 mortality rate.

Pop_95

population in 1995.

StdErr_95

estimated stadard error of the estimated mortality rate in 2000.

Rate_00

mortality rate estimate for 2000.

Count_00

estimated number of cases in 2000.

Lower_00

lower bound of a 95 percent confidence interval for 2000 mortality rate.

Upper_00

lower bound of a 95 percent confidence interval for 2000 mortality rate.

Pop_00

population in 2000.

StdErr_00

estimated stadard error of the estimated mortality rate in 2000.

State

full state name.

Note

This is just an example data set.

Examples

data(lungMort)
head(lungMort)

Results