USA mortality rates for white males due to malignant
melanoma 1950-1969.
Usage
data("USmelanoma")
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 48 observations on the following 5 variables.
mortality
number of white males died due to malignant melanoma 1950-1969
per one million inhabitants.
latitude
latitude of the geographic centre of the state.
longitude
longitude of the geographic centre of each state.
ocean
a binary variable indicating contiguity to an ocean at
levels no or yes.
Details
Fisher and van Belle (1993) report mortality rates due to malignant melanoma of the
skin for white males during the period 1950-1969, for each state on the US mainland.
Questions of interest about these data include how do the mortality rates
compare for ocean and non-ocean states?