cholera_deaths_1849_tbl_df: Cholera Daily Deaths in England, 1849

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Cholera Daily Deaths in England, 1849

Description

This dataset, cholera_deaths_1849_tbl_df, is a tibble containing daily deaths from Cholera and Diarrhaea in England for each day of the 12 months of 1849. It includes the month, cause of death, day of month, number of deaths, date, and day of week for each observation.

Usage

data(cholera_deaths_1849_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 730 observations and 6 variables:

month

Character indicating the month of observation

cause_of_death

Factor with 2 levels indicating cause of death (Cholera or Diarrhaea)

day_of_month

Character indicating the day of the month

deaths

Numeric value indicating the number of deaths

date

Date object indicating the exact date

day_of_week

Ordered factor with 7 levels indicating the day of week

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'cholera_deaths_1849_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the DigestiveDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the HistData package version 0.9-3. Original source: Bingham P., Verlander, N. Q., Cheal M. J. (2004). "John Snow, William Farr and the 1849 outbreak of cholera that affected London: a reworking of the data highlights the importance of the water supply". Public Health, 118(6), 387–394, Table 2.

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