Replication Data for Age-adjusted Cancer and Heart Disease Mortality Associated with Smoking and Motor Vehicle Emissions in 813 Urban US Counties, 2021-2023. The dataset contains county-level health and environmental variables, including age-adjusted death rates, behavioral risk factors, and traffic emissions. It was authored by Leon Robertson and is hosted on the Harvard Dataverse.
Use Cases
- Modeling the association between vehicle traffic emissions and age-adjusted cancer mortality rates based on kilometers of vehicle traffic and particulate matter data.
- Analyzing gender disparities in health outcomes based on separate age-adjusted death rates for males and females.
- Investigating the combined effect of behavioral risk factors like smoking and heavy alcohol use on heart disease mortality.
- Studying spatial health disparities across 813 urban counties using variables like population density and demographic composition.
Strengths
- Includes data for 813 distinct urban US counties, providing a substantial geographic scope.
- Contains multiple age-adjusted mortality rates (cancer and heart disease, by gender), enabling detailed analysis.
- Integrates health outcomes with behavioral (smoking, alcohol use) and environmental (traffic, particulates) risk factors.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download from the brief description.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on urban counties only.
Provenance
- Source
- Harvard Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from public health and environmental agency records for replication of a specific study.
- Time Range
- 2021-2023
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-08 13:26:10; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- 813 urban counties in the United States