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A SpatialPolygonDataFrame of Pennsylvania lung cancer projected using latitude and longitude.

Usage

data(pennlc)

Format

A spatial polygon data frame with 67 rows and 7 variables

Details

  • county. name of each county in Pennsylvania with recorded lung cancer patients within this spatial polygon data frame (adams--york)

  • cases. number of cases in each county with lung cancer (3--1415)

  • population. population of each county in Pennsylvania (4946--1517550)

  • rate. (2.629157--13.391363)

  • smoking. (0.182--0.279)

  • cancer_rate. rate of patients diagnosed with lung cancer in each county of Pennsylvania (2.629157--13.391363)

  • smoking_rate. smoking rate per county in Pennsylvania (18.2--27.9)