This dataset, UKLungCancerDeaths_df, is a data frame containing the number of deaths due to lung cancer among British male physicians. The data is categorized by years of smoking and cigarette consumption and was originally used in Frome (1983) to analyze rates using Poisson regression models.
Usage
data(UKLungCancerDeaths_df)Format
A data frame with 63 observations and 4 variables:
- years.smok
Years of smoking categorized into 9 levels (factor).
- cigarettes
Cigarette consumption categorized into 7 levels (factor).
- Time
Exposure time in person-years (numeric).
- y
Number of lung cancer deaths (numeric).
Source
Data taken from the SMPracticals package. Based on the study by Frome, E. L. (1983): *The analysis of rates using Poisson regression models*. Biometrics, 39, 665–674.
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'UKLungCancerDeaths_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the OncoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix '_df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.