lunatics {BaM}

lunatics

Description

An 1854 study on mental health in the fourteen counties of Massachusetts yields data on 14 cases. This study was performed by Edward Jarvis (then president of the American Statistical Association)

The variables included in the dataset are:

• NBR the number of "lunatics" per county.

• DISt distance to the nearest mental healthcare center

• POP population in the county by thousands

• PDEN population per square county mile

• PHOME the percent of "lunatics" cared for in the home

Usage

data(lunatics)