| CVDdaily {season} | R Documentation |
Daily Cardiovascular Deaths in Los Angeles, 1987–2000
Description
Daily number of deaths from cardiovascular disease in people aged 75 and over in Los Angeles for the years 1987 to 2000.
Usage
CVDdaily
Format
A data frame with 5114 observations on the following 16 variables.
- date
date of death in date format (year-month-day)
- cvd
daily number of CVD deaths
- dow
day of the week (character)
- tmpd
daily mean temperature (degrees Fahrenheit)
- o3mean
daily mean ozone (parts per billion)
- o3tmean
daily trimmed mean ozone (parts per billion)
- Mon
indicator variable for Monday
- Tue
indicator variable for Tuesday
- Wed
indicator variable for Wednesday
- Thu
indicator variable for Thursday
- Fri
indicator variable for Friday
- Sat
indicator variable for Saturday
- month
month (integer from 1 to 12)
- winter
indicator variable for winter
- spring
indicator variable for spring
- summer
indicator variable for summer
- autumn
indicator variable for autumn
Source
From the NMMAPS study.
References
Samet JM, Dominici F, Zeger SL, Schwartz J, Dockery DW (2000). The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study, Part I: Methods and Methodologic Issues. Research Report 94, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge MA.
Examples
data(CVDdaily)
plot(CVDdaily$date, CVDdaily$cvd, type='p', xlab='Date',
ylab='Number of CVD deaths')