auckland {spdep}R Documentation

Marshall's infant mortality in Auckland dataset

Description

The auckland data frame has 167 rows (census area units — CAU) and 4 columns. The dataset also includes the "nb" object auckland.nb of neighbour relations based on contiguity, and the "polylist" object auckpolys of polygon boundaries for the CAU. The auckland data frame includes the following columns:

Usage

data(auckland)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Easting
a numeric vector of x coordinates in an unknown spatial reference system
Northing
a numeric vector of y coordinates in an unknown spatial reference system
Deaths.1977.85
a numeric vector of counts of infant (under 5 years of age) deaths in Auckland, 1977-1985
Under.5.1981
a numeric vector of population under 5 years of age at the 1981 Census

Details

The contiguous neighbours object does not completely replicate results in the sources, and was reconstructed from auckpolys; examination of figures in the sources suggests that there are differences in detail, although probably not in substance.

Source

Marshall R M (1991) Mapping disease and mortality rates using Empirical Bayes Estimators, Applied Statistics, 40, 283–294; Bailey T, Gatrell A (1995) Interactive Spatial Data Analysis, Harlow: Longman — INFOMAP data set used with permission.


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