Rates.ac: Estimates occurrence-exposure rates
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Estimates occurrence-exposure rates. The transition rates are of the age-cohort type.

1	Rates.ac (Stable)

Stable

Stable is object produced by RateTable function

The transition rates and the cumulative transition rates are organized as follows: row variable is age, column variable is destination state and layer variable is origin state. The age-cohort transition rates are used to construct multistate life tables.

`M`	Transition rates by origin, destination and age in standard format [M-format]
`Mcum`	Cumulative occurrence-transition rates

Frans Willekens

#   Example 1: Transition rates between NOJOB and JOB, based on GLHS
   data(GLHS)
   z<- Parameters (GLHS)
   occup <- Occup(GLHS)
   seq.ind <- Sequences.ind (GLHS$path,attr(GLHS,"param")$namstates)
   trans <- Trans (GLHS)
   ratetable <- RateTable (GLHS,occup=occup,trans=trans)
   rates <- Rates.ac (Stable=ratetable$Stable)

#   Example 2: Rates of transition between living arrangements, based on NLOG98
   data(NLOG98)
   data <- NLOG98[!is.na (NLOG98$kerk)&NLOG98$kerk=="Roman Catholic",]
   z <- Parameters (data)
   seq.ind <- Sequences.ind (data$path,namstatesnew=c("H","C","A","M","K"))
   occup <- Occup (data)
   trans <- Trans (Bdata=data)
   ratetable <- RateTable (NLOG98,occup=occup,trans=trans)
   rates <- Rates.ac (Stable=ratetable$Stable)