ewrates: Rates of lung and nasal cancer mortality, and total...
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England and Wales mortality rates from lung cancer, nasal cancer, and all causes, 1936–1980. The 1936 rates are repeated as 1931 rates in order to accommodate follow-up for the nickel study.

ewrates

A data frame with 150 observations on the following 5 variables:

year: calendar period, 1931: 1931–35, 1936: 1936–40, ....
age: age class, 10: 10–14, 15:15–19, ....
lung: lung cancer mortality rate per 1 million person-years
nasal: nasal cancer mortality rate per 1 million person-years
other: all cause mortality rate per 1 million person-years

Taken from the “Epi” package by Bendix Carstensen et al.

N.E. Breslow, and N. Day (1987). Statistical Methods in Cancer Research. Volume II: The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies, Appendix IX. IARC Scientific Publications, Lyon.

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