whooping_cough_ts: Whooping Cough Deaths in London (1740-1881)

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Whooping Cough Deaths in London (1740-1881)

Description

This dataset, whooping_cough_ts, is a time series object containing annual counts of deaths from whooping cough in London from 1740 to 1881, with three measurement variables recorded each year.

Usage

data(whooping_cough_ts)

Format

A multivariate time series with 142 annual observations from 1740 to 1881 and 3 variables:

wcough

Number of whooping cough deaths (integer)

ratio

Death ratio (numeric)

alldeaths

Total deaths from all causes (integer)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'whooping_cough_ts' 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 'ts' indicates that this is a time series object. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the DAAG package version 1.25.6

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