ccs {epimdr}

UK measles CCS data.

Description

The fraction of weeks measles was absent from each of the 954 cities and towns of England and Wales between 1944 and 1965.

Usage

ccs

Format

A data frame with 954 rows and 14 variables:

fade3

Average duration of fadeout (of at least 3 weeks of length)

ext

Fraction of time when measles was absent

size

Median population size

fade

Average duration of fadeouts (of a week or longer)

se3

Standard error fade3

se

Standard error of fade

n3

The number of fadeouts (of at least 3 weeks of length)

n

The number of fadeout of a week or longer

names

City/town name

Source

Bjornstad and Grenfell (2008) Hazards, spatial transmission and timing of outbreaks in epidemic metapopulations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 15: 265-277. doi:10.1007/s10651-007-0059-3.