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 


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