UKLungDeaths            package: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="'"))

