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Suicide Rates in the Republic of Ireland 1989-1998.
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A data frame with 104 observations on the following 8 variables.
Region
a factor with levels Cork
, Dublin
, EHB - Dub.
, Galway
, Lim.
, Mid HB
, MWHB-Lim.
, NEHB
, NWHB
, SEHB-Wat.
, SHB-Cork
, Waterf.
, WHB-Gal.
.
ID
a factor with levels 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
corresponding to Regions.
pop
a numeric vector giving the population sizes (estimated for 1994).
death
a numeric vector giving the total number of deaths.
sex
a factor for gender with levels 0
(female) and 1
(male).
age
a factor for age with levels 1
(0-29), 2
(30-39), 3
(40-59), 4
(60+ years).
smr
a numeric vector with standardized mortality ratios (SMRs)
expected
a numeric vector with ‘expected’ number of cases obtained from a reference population (Ahlbom, 1993).
The data set is examined in Sofroniou et al. (2006), using a variance component model with regions as upper level.
Institute of Public Health in Ireland (2005). All Ireland Mortality Database. Retrieved August 8, 2005, from http://mapserver1.cdc-ni.com/iph/index.htm.
Ahlbom, A., (1993). Biostatistics for Epidemiologists. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers.
Sofroniou, N., Einbeck, J., and Hinde, J. (2006). Analyzing Irish Suicide Rates with Mixture Models. Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on Statistical Modelling in Galway, Ireland, 2006.
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library(lattice)
trellis.device(color=FALSE)
plot2age<-rep(gl(4,2),13)
xyplot(irlsuicide$death/irlsuicide$pop~plot2age|irlsuicide$Region,
pch=(1+(irlsuicide$sex==1)),xlab="age",ylab="Crude rates")
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