Data used in Jung et al 2014 analysis of effect of gender of name on hurricane fatalities. Note that hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Audrey (1957) were removed from the data.
data(Hurricanes)name : Given name of hurricane
year : Year of hurricane
deaths : number of deaths
category : Severity code for storm
min_pressure : Minimum pressure, a measure of storm strength; low is stronger
damage_norm : Normalized estimate of damage in dollars
female : Indicator variable for female name
femininity : 1-11 scale from totally masculine (1) to totally feminine (11) for name. Average of 9 scores from 9 raters.
Jung et al. 2014. Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes. PNAS.