| pennLC_sf {SpatialEpi} | R Documentation |
Pennsylvania Lung Cancer
Description
County-level (n=67) population/case data for lung cancer in Pennsylvania in 2002, stratified on race (white vs non-white), gender and age (Under 40, 40-59, 60-69 and 70+). Additionally, county-specific smoking rates.
Usage
pennLC_sf
Format
An sf POLYGON data frame with 1072 rows = 67 counties x 2 race
x 2 gender x 4 age bands
- county
Pennsylvania county
- cases
Number of cases per county split by strata
- population
Population per county split by strata
- race
Race (w = white and o = non-white)
- gender
Gender (f = female and m = male)
- age
Age (4 bands)
- smoking
Overall county smoking rate (not broken down by strata)
- geometry
Geometric representation of counties in Pennsylvania
Source
Population data was obtained from the 2000 decennial census, lung cancer and smoking data were obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Health website:https://www.health.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx.
Examples
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
# Sum cases & population for each county
lung_cancer_rate <- pennLC_sf %>%
group_by(county) %>%
summarize(cases = sum(cases), population = sum(population)) %>%
mutate(rate = cases/population)
# Static map of Pennsylvania lung cancer rates for each county
## Not run:
ggplot() +
geom_sf(data = lung_cancer_rate, aes(fill = rate))
## End(Not run)