Datafile Name: Smoking and Cancer
Datafile Subjects: Health , Medical , Social science
Story Names: Smoking and Cancer
Reference: J.F. Fraumeni, "Cigarette Smoking and Cancers of the Urinary Tract: Geographic Variations in the United States," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 41, 1205-1211.
Authorization: free use
Description:
The data are per capita numbers of cigarettes smoked (sold) by 43 states and the 
District of Columbia in 1960 together with death rates per thouusand population from
various forms of cancer.
Number of cases: 44
Variable Names:
  1. CIG = Number of cigarettes smoked (hds per capita)
  2. BLAD = Deaths per 100K population from bladder cancer
  3. LUNG = Deathes per 100K population from lung cancer
  4. KID = Deaths per 100K population from bladder cancer
  5. LEUK = Deaths per 100 K population from leukemia
The Data:
  STATE	  CIG	BLAD	LUNG	 KID     LEUK

AL	18.20	2.90	17.05	1.59	6.15
AZ	25.82	3.52	19.80	2.75	6.61
AR	18.24	2.99	15.98	2.02	6.94
CA	28.60	4.46	22.07	2.66	7.06
CT	31.10	5.11	22.83	3.35	7.20
DE	33.60	4.78	24.55	3.36	6.45
DC	40.46	5.60	27.27	3.13	7.08
FL	28.27	4.46	23.57	2.41	6.07
ID	20.10	3.08	13.58	2.46	6.62
IL	27.91	4.75	22.80	2.95	7.27
IN	26.18	4.09	20.30	2.81	7.00
IO	22.12	4.23	16.59	2.90	7.69
KS	21.84	2.91	16.84	2.88	7.42
KY	23.44	2.86	17.71	2.13	6.41
LA	21.58	4.65	25.45	2.30	6.71
ME	28.92	4.79	20.94	3.22	6.24
MD	25.91	5.21	26.48	2.85	6.81
MA	26.92	4.69	22.04	3.03	6.89
MI	24.96	5.27	22.72	2.97	6.91
MN	22.06	3.72	14.20	3.54	8.28
MS	16.08	3.06	15.60	1.77	6.08
MO	27.56	4.04	20.98	2.55	6.82
MT	23.75	3.95	19.50	3.43	6.90
NB	23.32	3.72	16.70	2.92	7.80
NE	42.40	6.54	23.03	2.85	6.67
NJ	28.64	5.98	25.95	3.12	7.12
NM	21.16	2.90	14.59	2.52	5.95
NY	29.14	5.30	25.02	3.10	7.23
ND	19.96	2.89	12.12	3.62	6.99
OH	26.38	4.47	21.89	2.95	7.38
OK	23.44	2.93	19.45	2.45	7.46
PE	23.78	4.89	12.11	2.75	6.83
RI	29.18	4.99	23.68	2.84	6.35
SC	18.06	3.25	17.45	2.05	5.82
SD	20.94	3.64	14.11	3.11	8.15
TE	20.08	2.94	17.60	2.18	6.59
TX	22.57	3.21	20.74	2.69	7.02
UT	14.00	3.31	12.01	2.20	6.71
VT	25.89	4.63	21.22	3.17	6.56
WA	21.17	4.04	20.34	2.78	7.48
WI	21.25	5.14	20.55	2.34	6.73
WV	22.86	4.78	15.53	3.28	7.38
WY	28.04	3.20	15.92	2.66	5.78
AK	30.34	3.46	25.88	4.32	4.90