Death Rates in Virginia (1940)

The dataset name has been changed to 'VADeaths_matrix' to avoid confusion with datasets from other packages in the R ecosystem and to align with the naming conventions of the 'MedDataSets' package. The suffix '_matrix' indicates that this dataset is a matrix, helping to distinguish it from other datasets within the package and from datasets in the broader R ecosystem. The original content of the dataset has not been modified in any way.

Usage

data(VADeaths_matrix)

Format

A matrix with 5 rows and 4 columns:

[,1]

Death rates for Rural Male (numeric).

[,2]

Death rates for Rural Female (numeric).

[,3]

Death rates for Urban Male (numeric).

[,4]

Death rates for Urban Female (numeric).

Row labels

Age groups: 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74.

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Virginia (1940) Death Records.

Details

This dataset contains death rates per 1,000 individuals in various population groups in Virginia in 1940, classified by age group and rural/urban residency.