LQcoef: Coefficients for the Log-Quadratic Mortality Model

In MortCast: Estimation and Projection of Age-Specific Mortality Rates

Coefficients for the Log-Quadratic Mortality Model

Description

Data object containing a table of coefficients to be used in the Log-Quadratic Model as implemented in the logquad function.

Usage

data(LQcoef)

Format

Data frame containing columns “sex”, “age”, “ax”, “bx”, “cx”, “vx”. Rows correspond to sex and age groups.

Source

https://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~jrw/LogQuad/

References

Wilmoth, J., Zureick, S., Canudas-Romo, V., Inoue, M., Sawyer, C. (2012). A Flexible Two-Dimensional Mortality Model for Use in Indirect Estimation. Population studies, 66(1), 1-28. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("doi:10.1080/00324728.2011.611411")}

See Also

logquad

Examples

data(LQcoef)
head(LQcoef)

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