R/lunatics.R

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#' Massachusetts Lunatics Data
#'
#' Data from an 1854 survey by the Massachusetts Commission on Lunacy.

#' @format 14 obs. of 6 variables:
#' \describe{
#' \item{COUNTY}{Name of county.}
#' \item{NBR}{Number of lunatics by county.}
#' \item{DIST}{Distance to nearest mental health center.}
#' \item{POP}{County population 1950 (thousands).}
#' \item{PDEN}{County population density per square mile.}
#' \item{PHOME}{Percent of lunatics cared for at home.}
#' }
#'
#'
#' @references
#'
#'J.M. Hunter, "Need and Demand for Mental Health Care: Massachusetts 1854,"
#'The Geographic Review, 77:2 (April 1987), pp 139-156.
#'
"lunatics"