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Skin cancers in women

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Keywords:
cancer
Categories:

health;
generalized linear models

Description:

The data give the number of non-melanoma skin cancers among women in two area St. Paul (Minneapolis) and Forth Worth (Dallas).

There are 16 observations on four variables.

Variables:
The age group; one of 15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84 or 85+
Age
Cases The number of non-melanoma skin cancer cases
Population The population on the 1970 census
Area One of StPaul or FortWorth
Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

The data are reported in Hand et al. except that the information for Fort Worth age group 75--84 is omitted. The full data set come from Kleinbaum, Kupper and Muller (1989), inferred from Scotto, Kopf and Urbach (1974).

Notes:

References:

  • Kleinbaum, D., Kupper, L., and Muller, K. (1989). Applied regression analysis and other multivariable methods, Boston, Massachusetts: PWS-Kent Publishing
  • Scotto, Joseph, Kopf, Alfred W. and Urbach, Frederick (1974). Non-melanoma skin cancer among Caucasians in four areas of the United States, Cancer, 34, 1333–1338.