Suicide data:
Short description:
Based on data from the Danish census in 1970 and official
mortality statistics from the following 10 years, suicides among nonmanual workers have been ascertained according to sex,
age group and job status category.
Coding
of variables:
jobgr:� Job status category (1=academics, 2=advanced nonacademic training, 3= extensive practical training, 4=othe nonmanual worker)
sex: Gender (male=1, female=2)
agegr: Age group (1=20-24 years, 2=25-29 years, 3=30-34 years, 4=35-39 years, 5=40-44 years, 6=45-49 years, 7=50-54 years, 8=55-59 years, 9=60-64 years)
suicides: number of suicides
pyears: Pearson years
Source:
Andersen,
P.K., Borgan, �., Gill, R.D.
and Keiding, N. (1993). Statistical models based on counting processes.