whooping_cough_dk_df: Copenhagen Whooping Cough 1900-1937

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Copenhagen Whooping Cough 1900-1937

Description

This dataset, whooping_cough_dk_df, is a data frame containing weekly incidence data of whooping cough in Copenhagen, Denmark between January 1900 and December 1937. It includes 1,982 weekly observations across 8 demographic and epidemiological variables.

Usage

data(whooping_cough_dk_df)

Format

A data frame with 1,982 weekly observations and 8 variables:

date

Date of observation (factor)

births

Number of births (integer)

day

Day of month (integer)

month

Month (integer 1-12)

year

Year (integer 1900-1937)

cases

Number of whooping cough cases (integer)

deaths

Number of whooping cough deaths (integer)

popsize

Population size (numeric)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'whooping_cough_dk_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 standard data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the epimdr package version 0.6-5

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