USCancerStats_df: US Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Changes

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US Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Changes

Description

This dataset, USCancerStats_df, is a data frame containing cancer statistics for 20 solid tumor types, including incidence, mortality, and survival data. The dataset reports the absolute difference in 5-year survival between 1989-1995 and 1950-1954, as well as the percentage change in mortality and incidence from 1950 to 1996.

Usage

data(USCancerStats_df)

Format

A data frame with 20 observations and 4 variables:

site

Tumor site (character).

survival

Absolute difference in 5-year survival (numeric).

mortality

Percentage change in mortality (numeric).

incidence

Percentage change in incidence (numeric).

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'USCancerStats_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 R4HCR package.

OncoDataSets documentation built on April 3, 2025, 6:08 p.m.