CanadaCancerRates {diseasemapping}R Documentation

Retreive cancer incidence rates from the Public Health Agency of Canada

Description

Rates by age and sex group are retreived from http://dsol-smed.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dsol-smed/cancer/c_age_e.html

Usage

CanadaCancerRates(area = "ontario", years = 2000:2005, site = "colon", sex=c("M", "F"))

Arguments

area Canadian province to retreive rates from
years years to retrieve data from, must be after 1992
site a vector of cancer sites, see details
sex "M" or "F" for male or female rates only, c("M","F") (the default) for both sexes.

Details

area must be one of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.

site must be one or more of All Sites, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Anus, Bladder, Bone, Brain, Breast, Buccal cavity and Pharynx, Other, Cervix Uteri, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Colon excluding Rectum, Corpus Uteri, Digestive System, Other, Endocrine Glands, Other, Esophagus, Eye, Floor of Mouth, Gallbladder, Genital Organs, Other, Female, Genital Organs, Other, Male, Gum and Other Mouth, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hypopharynx, Kaposi Sarcoma, Kidney, Larynx, Leukemia, Other, Lip, Liver, Lung, Bronchus, Melanoma of Skin, Mesothelioma, Multiple Myeloma, Nasopharynx, Nervous System, Other, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Oropharynx, Ovary, Pancreas, Penis, Prostate, Rectum, Respiratory System, Other, Salivary Glands, Skin, Other, Small Intestine, Soft tissue (incl. Heart), Stomach, Testis, Thyroid, Tongue, Ureter, Urinary System, Other, Uterus, not Otherwise Specified, Other, Ill-Defined/Unknown.

Value

vector of cancer rates, by age and sex group

Examples

qcLungF=CanadaCancerRates(area="quebec", years=2001:2003, site="lung", sex="F")
data(popdata)
qcLungExp = getSMR(popdata, qcLungF)
## Not run: 
spplot(qcLungExp, "logExpected")
## End(Not run)

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