mortmod.e0: Age-specific mortality rate model as a function of HIV...

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also Examples

View source: R/mortmod.e0.R

Description

This function produces a complete set of mortality rates for ages 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, ...,100+ given a region, sex, HIV prevalence and life expectancy at birth (e0)

Usage

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mortmod.e0(e0, prev, region = 1, sex = 1, opt=TRUE)

Arguments

e0

Life exepctancy at birth

prev

HIV prevalence expressed as a percentage

region

An integer to indicate which regional model to use. 1 for Africa, 0 for Caribbean or Latin American

sex

An interger to indicate the sex of the desired life table. 1 for female, 0 for male

opt

opt=TRUE will use a value for the weight for the first SVD component that produces a set of age-specific mortality rates that produce a life expectancy at birth that matches the input life expectancy.

Value

A set of mortality rates for ages 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, ...,100+

Author(s)

David J Sharrow

See Also

hiv.mortmod

Examples

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mortmod.e0(e0=55, prev=2.5)

HIV.LifeTables documentation built on May 2, 2019, 8:26 a.m.