Chapter 32 2. Read data

The exercise uses four datasets:

Dataset	File	Description
Mortality data	deaths_2016.xlsx	Fictitious mortality records
Population data	Population_Estimates.csv	BC population estimates by age, sex, and HSDA
Correspondence file	Corr_2016.csv	Geographic lookup between dissemination blocks and health regions
Environmental data	Weather_data.csv	Weather variables by postal code

mort <- read_excel("./Raw Data/deaths_2016.xlsx")
pop  <- read_csv("./Raw Data/Population_Estimates.csv")
corr <- read_csv(
  "./Raw Data/Corr_2016.csv",
  locale = readr::locale(encoding = "latin1")
)
env  <- read_csv("./Raw Data/Weather_data.csv")