This dataset, air_polution_mortality_df, is a data frame containing information from an early study exploring the relationship between air pollution and mortality across 5 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the U.S. between 1959 and 1961.
Usage
data(air_polution_mortality_df)Format
A data frame with 60 observations and 7 variables:
- City
Metropolitan area (factor with 60 levels)
- Mort
Mortality rate (numeric vector)
- Precip
Annual precipitation in inches (integer vector)
- Educ
Median years of education (numeric vector)
- NonWhite
Percentage of non-white population (numeric vector)
- NOX
Nitrogen oxide concentration (integer vector)
- SO2
Sulfur dioxide concentration (integer vector)
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'air_polution_mortality_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PulmoDataSets 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.