engwales_cancer_mortality_df: UK lung and nasal cancer deaths 1936–80

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UK lung and nasal cancer deaths 1936–80

Description

This dataset, engwales_cancer_mortality_df, is a data frame containing England and Wales mortality rates from lung cancer, nasal cancer, and all causes between 1936 and 1980. The 1936 rates are repeated as 1931 rates in order to accommodate follow-up for the nickel study.

Usage

data(engwales_cancer_mortality_df)

Format

A data frame with 150 observations and 5 variables:

year

Year of observation (numeric)

age

Age group (numeric)

lung

Lung cancer mortality rate (numeric)

nasal

Nasal cancer mortality rate (numeric)

other

Mortality rate from all other causes (numeric)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'engwales_cancer_mortality_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PulmoDataSets package. The suffix 'df' indicates that this is a data frame object. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the ISwR package version 2.0-10

PulmoDataSets documentation built on Sept. 9, 2025, 5:41 p.m.