lip: Lip Cancer in Scotland

In saeeb: Small Area Estimation for Count Data

Description

This dataset sets out observed and "expected" cases of lip cancer registered during the 6 years from 1975 to 1980 in each of the 56 counties of Scotland. These are the districts prior to the 1995 reorganization of local government. The dataset includes district names and identifying numbers and for district i with i = 1, ..., 56: the number of observed cases Yi; the number of expected cases Ei; and the value of a single covariate (percent of population employed in agriculture, fishing and forestry).

Usage

lip

Format

A data frame with 56 rows and 5 variables:

ID

The district identifying number.

district.name

The district name.

Y

The number of observed lip cancer cases.

E

The number of expected lip cancer cases.

AFF

The percentage of population employed in agriculture, fishing and forestry.

saeeb documentation built on April 28, 2020, 5:06 p.m.