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Data Managment and Visualization - Assignment week1

I have chosen GapMinder data set. Using this data set i want to analyze the social and economic status of women associated with breast cancer across countries. Looking into the data set i also want to compare the rates of breast cancer at rural and urban areas. I have chosen income per person, breast cancer per 100th, urban rate, breast cancer deaths, breast cancer death per 100 000 women, breast cancer new cases, breast cancer new cases per 100 000 women. Literature- Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Distinguishing Individual- and Community-Level Effects by Robert, Stephanie A, Strombom, Indiana   Breast cancer incidence is associated with socioeconomic status (SES) as measured at both the individual and community levels. Breast cancer incidence in the United States is higher among women with more education and income.1,2 Breast cancer incidence is also greater in U.S. communities with higher average levels of income and education,3–10 as well as in urban communities. This study examines the multilevel associations of community SES, community urbanity, and individual education with breast cancer incidence. Using data from a population-based, breast cancer case-control study in Wisconsin, we first demonstrate relationships between high individual education and breast cancer incidence, and between high community SES, urbanity, and breast cancer incidence. We then examine whether associations among community SES, urbanity, and breast cancer incidence are compositional, contextual, or both. My hypothesis states that women living in urban communities are at high risk to breast cancer compared to other communities. They can also battle such diseases because of their income, status and access to all facilities.