cancer_statistics: Download cancer incidence or mortality data.

In SilentSpringInstitute/RStateCancerProfiles: Download data from the U.S. State Cancer Profiles database

Description

Download cancer incidence or mortality data.

Usage

cancer_statistics(statistic = "incidence", by = "county", state = NULL,
  cancer = "all", race = "all", sex = "all", age = "all")

Arguments

statistic	"incidence" or "mortality"
by	"county" or "state"
state	restrict data download to one state; specify using state abbreviation (e.g. "MA"). Leave as NULL to retrieve data for all states.
cancer	download data for a specific cancer type, see details for available options
race	download data for a specific race
sex	download data for a specific gender
age	download data for a specific age group

Details

Cancers:

1. all

2. bladder

3. brain & ONS

4. breast (female)

5. breast (female in situ)

6. cervix

7. colon & rectum

8. esophagus

9. kidney & renal pelvis

10. leukemia

11. liver & bile duct

12. lung & bronchus

13. non-hodgkin lymphoma

14. melanoma of the skin

15. oral cavity & pharynx

16. ovary

17. pancreas

18. prostate

19. stomach

20. thyroid

21. uterus"

Examples

## Not run: 
# Download county level bladder cancer incidence data
dat <- cancer_statistics(statistic = "incidence", by = "county", cancer = "bladder")

## End(Not run)

SilentSpringInstitute/RStateCancerProfiles documentation built on May 9, 2019, 1:30 p.m.