hiroshima {dobson}

Hiroshima data from table 7.14

Description

The number of deaths from leukemia and other cancers among survivors of the Hiroshima atom bomb. The data are for deaths during the period 1950– 1959 among survivors who were aged 25 to 64 years in 1950.

Usage

data(hiroshima)

Format

A tibble with 6 observations and the following 4 variables.

radiation

radiation dose (rads)

leukemia

leukemia deaths

other cancer

deaths from other cancers

total cancers

total cancer deaths

References

Cox, D. R. and E. J. Snell (1981). Applied Statistics: Principles and Examples. London: Chapman & Hall.

Otake, M. (1979). Comparison of time risks based on a multinomial logistic response model in longitudinal studies. Technical Report No. 5, RERF, Hiroshima, Japan.

Examples

data(hiroshima)
summary(hiroshima)