In apyramid: Visualize Population Pyramids Aggregated by Age

The goal of {apyramid} is to provide a quick method for visualizing census data stratified by age and one or two categorical variables (e.g. gender and health status). This is a product of the R4EPIs project; learn more at https://r4epis.netlify.app/.

Installation

You can install {apyramid} from CRAN:

install.packages("apyramid")

Click here for alternative installation options

If there is a bugfix or feature that is not yet on CRAN, you can install it via the {drat} package:

# install.packages("drat")
drat::addRepo("R4EPI")
install.packages("apyramid")

You can also install the in-development version from GitHub using the {remotes} package (but there's no guarantee that it will be stable):

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("R4EPI/apyramid")

The {apyramid} package was primarily designed for quick visualisation of un-aggregated linelist data in field epidemiological situations. It has one available function:

age_pyramid() returns age pyramid visualizations of linelist, survey, or pre-aggregated census data as a ggplot object.

library("apyramid")
library("ggplot2")   # load ggplot2 to control plot aesthetics
library("outbreaks") # load the outbreaks package for linelist data
old_theme <- theme_set(theme_classic(base_size = 18))