Navarre {DClusterm}

Brain cancer in males in Navarre, Spain, 1988-1994.

Description

This data set contains the male mortality due to brain cancer in the 40 basic health zones (BHZ) in Navarre over the period 1988-1994, and the neighborhood structure of the BHZ in Navarre. In addition, the data set also includes information about the location of the BHZ, the expected cases, the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR), relative risk estimates and 95% confidence intervals.

Usage

data(Navarre)

Format

brainnav: A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame with 40 polygons representing the basic health zones (BHZ) in Navarre, and the following information about each BHZ:

ZBS
Basic Health Zone Code NAME	Name
OBSERVED	Number of observed brain cancer cases in males
EXPECTED	Number of expected brain cancer cases in males. They are computed using indirect age-standardization using Navarre as a standard population.
RISK	Relative Risk Estimates
RISKLL	Relative 95% confidence interval, lower limit
RISKUL	Relative 95% confidence interval, upper limit
SMR	Standardized Mortality Ratio (OBSERVED/EXPECTED)
x	x coordinate
y	y coordinate

brainnavnb: A neighbor (nb) object which contains the index numbers of the neighbors of each BHZ.

Source

Data set obtained from Ugarte et al. (2004). Boundaries downloaded in shapefile format from http://idena.navarra.es. These have been thinned to reduce space use.

References

Ugarte, M. D., B. Ibáñez, and A. F. Militino (2004). Testing for poisson zero a inflation in disease mapping. Biometrical Journal 46 (5), 526-539.

Ugarte, M. D., B. Ibáñez, and A. F. Militino (2006). Modelling risks in a disease mapping. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 15, 21-35.