IMR {gpk}

Changes in Infant mortality over last century across countries

Description

Infant mortality is an important indicator of health status of a country. It is of interest to see how different countries have progressed in this aspect over last century, in particular if the relative ranks of countries remain roughly the same.

Usage

data(IMR)

Format

A data frame with 8 observations on the following 16 variables.

Country

Name of the Country

IMR_1900

IMR (per 1000 live births) in 1900

IMR_1950

IMR (per 1000 live births) in 1950

IMR_1985

IMR (per 1000 live births) in 1985

IMR_1993

IMR (per 1000 live births) in 1993

Details

Experiment with comparison of trend and rank correlation for the data under consideration.

Source

http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/nvjoshi/statspunedatabook/databook.html