CC: Mortality curve calculation

In demofit: Parametric Mortality Curve Fitting and Mortality Forecasting Tools

Mortality curve calculation

Description

Calculates mortality rates given mortality curve parameter values.

Usage

CC(
  x,
  par,
  curve = c("gompertz", "makeham", "oppermann", "thiele", "wittsteinbumsted", "perks",
    "weibull", "vandermaen", "beard", "heligmanpollard", "rogersplanck", "siler",
    "martinelle", "thatcher")
)

Arguments

x	vector of ages.
par	vector of mortality curve parameter values.
curve	name of mortality curve (including gompertz, makeham, oppermann, thiele, wittsteinbumsted, perks, weibull, vandermaen, beard, heligmanpollard, rogersplanck, siler, martinelle, thatcher).

Details

See MC() for more details of different mortality curves.

Value

Calculated mortality rates based on selected mortality curve and parameter values.

Examples

CC(x=60:89,par=c(0.0000082,0.10771),curve="gompertz")

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