ewrates {ISwR}

Rates of lung and nasal cancer mortality, and total mortality.

Description

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.

Usage

ewrates

Format

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

Details

Taken from the “Epi” package by Bendix Carstensen et al.

Source

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.