Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Canadian cancer deaths

Keywords:

Categories:

generalized linear models;
health

Description:

The data give the estimated the number of deaths for the five leading cancer sites in Canada in 2000.

There are four variables on 30 observations.

Variables:

Cancer	The cancer site; one of Lung, Colorectal, Breast, Prostate or Pancreas.
Region	The region in Canada; one of Ontario, Newfoundland or Quebec
Gender	The gender; one of M (males) or F (females).
Count	The estimated deaths from the given cancer in the given region.

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Extracted from information in Canadian Cancer Statistics 2000, from http://www.cancer.ca/stats2000/tables/tab5e.htm, accessed on 19 September, 2001 but subsequently removed.

Notes:

Prior weights will be necessary for fitting a log-linear model since there are some structural zeros.

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