R: Monthly Deaths from Lung Diseases in the UK

UKLungDeaths {datasets} | R Documentation

## Monthly Deaths from Lung Diseases in the UK

### Description

Three time series giving the monthly deaths from bronchitis, emphysema and asthma in the UK, 1974–1979, both sexes (`ldeaths`), males (`mdeaths`) and females (`fdeaths`).

### Usage

    ldeaths
    fdeaths
    mdeaths

### Source

P. J. Diggle (1990) Time Series: A Biostatistical Introduction. Oxford, table A.3

### Examples

    require(stats); require(graphics) # for time
    plot(ldeaths)
    plot(mdeaths, fdeaths)
    ## Better labels:
    yr <- floor(tt <- time(mdeaths))
    plot(mdeaths, fdeaths,
         xy.labels = paste(month.abb[12*(tt - yr)], yr-1900, sep = "'"))

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