Quote from Eric Grant on 03/06/2024, 7:22 pm

This is a synthetic dataset created to be similar to the RERF Life Span Study mortality dataset. The data are 100% synthetic and are for teaching purposes only.

Variables are:

• id: sequential id variable (1-80,000)
• sex: 1=male; 2=female
• city: 1=Hiroshima; 2=Nagasaki
• byr: birth year
• bmo: birth month
• bdy: birth day
• fup: mortality status as of the end of follow-up (1=alive; 2=dead)
• exyr: exit year (max exit date is 12/31/2015)
• exmo: exit month (max exit date is 12/31/2015)
• exdy: exit day (max exit date is 12/31/2015)
• dose: radiation dose (mGy)
• icd_grp: cause of death (1000=alive; <1000=dead, see below)

Cause of death codes:

151 stomach
153 colon
155 liver
162 lung
174 breast
188 bladder
199 other_cancer
299 non_cancer
1000 alive

Place the data file in: c:\Users\yourusername\Document\Demo

Download the comma-separated-text data file (hirosoft_rad1.csv) attached to this post.