BrainCancerCases_df: New Mexico Brain Cancer Cases Data

BrainCancerCases_dfR Documentation

New Mexico Brain Cancer Cases Data

Description

This dataset, BrainCancerCases_df, is a data frame containing data on brain cancer cases in New Mexico. It includes information about the county, number of cases, year of diagnosis, age group, and sex of the patients. The dataset consists of 1175 observations with 5 variables.

Usage

data(BrainCancerCases_df)

Format

A data frame with 1175 observations and 5 variables:

county

County of diagnosis (Factor with 31 levels).

cases

Number of cases (integer).

year

Year of diagnosis (integer).

agegroup

Age group of patients (integer).

sex

Sex of the patient (integer).

Details

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

Source

Data taken from the rsatscan package, distributed with SaTScan software: https://www.satscan.org


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