Standardized Mortality Rates for Glasgow

SUMMARY:

The Glasgow.SMR data frame contains standardized mortality rates for 87 community medicine areas in Glasgow, Scotland for 1980-1982.

DATA DESCRIPTION:

This data frame contains the following columns:

ARGUMENTS:

AllDeaths
the standardized mortality rate (SMR) for all deaths.
Accidents
the SMR for death by accidents.
Cancer
the SMR for deaths due to cancer.
Respiratory
the SMR for deaths due to respiratory disease accidents.
Heart
the SMR for deaths due to ischaemic heart disease.
Cerebrovascular
the SMR for deaths due to cerebrovascular disease.
Population
the population (in 1000's).
Easting
the x coordinate of the community medicine area (CMA) relative to an arbitrary origin, where the x-axis is parallel to the latitude.
Northing
the y coordinate of the CMA relative to an arbitrary origin, where the y-axis is parallel to the longitude.

DETAILS:

The standardized mortality rate for a community medicine area is the observed deaths due to that cause divided by the expected number of deaths given the age and sex combination in that area multiplied by 100.

SOURCE:

The data are presented and analyzed in Haining (1990).

REFERENCES:

Haining, R. (1990). Spatial Data Analysis in the Social and Environmental Sciences. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

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