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The data set contains the number of cervical cancer deaths (ICD 180) and woman-years at risk for four age groups in four different European countries during 1969-1973.
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A data frame with 16 rows and 19 variables:
y
number of cervical cancer deaths for different age categories and European countries between 1969-1973
E
number of woman-years at risk (given in thousands)
country
factor variable of European countries
agegroup
factor variable of age categories
X.1
, X.2
, X.3
predictor variables for country effects using dummy coding (i.e. England, France, Italy)
X.4
, X.5
, X.6
predictor variables for age effects using dummy coding (i.e. 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, in years)
X.7
, X.8
, X.9
, X.10
, X.11
, X.12
, X.13
, X.14
, X.15
predictor variables for interaction effects of age and country
The lowest age category (25-34) in Belgium is used as the reference category.
World Health Organization (1976). World Health Statistics Annual: 1969-1976, Vol. I, Vital Statistics and Causes of Death. Geneva: WHO.
Whittemore, A. S. and Gong, G. (1991). Poisson regression with missclassified counts: Application to cervical cancer mortality rates. Applied Statistics, 40, 81-93.
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