Monthly Pneumonia and Influenza Deaths in the U.S.

This dataset, pneumonia_influenza_ts, is a time series containing monthly rates of pneumonia and influenza deaths in the United States from 1968 to 1978.

Usage

data(pneumonia_influenza_ts)

Format

A time series with 132 monthly observations from January 1968 to December 1978:

Value

Mortality rate (numeric vector)

Time

Monthly index from 1968 to 1978 (time series vector)

Source

Data taken from the astsa package version 2.2

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'pneumonia_influenza_ts' 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 'ts' indicates that the dataset is a time series. The original content has not been modified in any way.