hkdeaths {Horsekicks}R Documentation

hkdeaths

Description

The original death by horse-kick data of von Bortkiewicz, with extensions and a minor correction of an apparent transcription error in the data quoted by von Bortkiewicz. The time span is extended from 1875-1894 to 1875-1907, and deaths by falling from a horse and by drowning are also included.

Usage

hkdeaths

Format

A data frame with 462 rows and 8 columns:

year

integer: The year of the record

corps

factor: The army corps involved

regiments

integer: The number of regiments in the corps as given by von Bortkiewicz

NCOs

integer: The number of non-commissioned officer horse-kick deaths. These were included in the total numbers and only additionally separately reported up till 1899.

kick

integer: The number of deaths by horse-kick

drown

integer: The number of deaths by drowning

fall

integer: The number of deaths by falling from a horse

vonB_kick

integer: The original (shorter) horse-kick deaths series used by von Bortkiewicz, including the transcription error


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