Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Danish lung cancer

Keywords:

cancer

Categories:

generalized linear models
health

Description:

The data gives the number of cases of lung cancer in four Danish cities between 1968 and 1971 inclusive. There are 24 observation on four variables.

Variables:

Cases	The number of lung cancer cases
Pop	The population of each age group in each city
Age	The age group; one of 40-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-74 or >74
City	The city; one of Fredericia, Horsens, Kolding or Vejle

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

James K Lindsey (1995). Modelling frequency and count data, Clarendon Press, page 157.

Notes:

References:

Andersen, E. B. (1977). Multiplicative Poisson models with unequal cell rates, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 4, pages 153–158.