R: Melanoma data and Danish population mortality by age and sex

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## Melanoma data and Danish population mortality by age and sex

### Description

Melanoma data with background mortality of Danish population.

### Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

id

  a numeric vector. Gives patient id.

sex

  a numeric vector. Gives sex of patient.

start

  a numeric vector. Gives the starting time for the time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.

stop

  a numeric vector. Gives the stopping time for the time-interval for which the covariate rate is representative.

status

  a numeric vector code. Survival status. 1: dead from melanoma, 0: alive or dead from other cause.

age

  a numeric vector. Gives the age of the patient at removal of tumor.

rate

  a numeric vector. Gives the population mortality for the given sex and age. Based on Table A.2 in Andersen et al. (1993).

### Source

Andersen, P.K., Borgan O, Gill R.D., Keiding N. (1993), Statistical Models Based on Counting Processes, Springer-Verlag.

### Examples

    data(mela.pop)
    names(mela.pop)

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