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hmd.mx
reads "Mx" (1x1) data from the Human Mortality Database (HMD
https://www.mortality.org) and constructs a demogdata object suitable
for plotting using plot.demogdata
and fitting an LC or BMS
model using lca
or an FDA model using fdm
.
hmd.pop
reads "Population" (1x1) data from the HMD and constructs a
demogdata object suitable for plotting using plot.demogdata
.
hmd.e0
reads life expectancy at birth from the HMD and returns the
result as a ts
object.
hmd.mx(country, username, password, label = country) hmd.e0(country, username, password) hmd.pop(country, username, password, label = country)
country |
Directory abbreviation from the HMD. For instance, Australia = "AUS". |
username |
HMD username (case-sensitive) |
password |
HMD password (case-sensitive) |
label |
Character string giving name of country from which the data are taken. |
In order to read the data, users are required to create their account via the HMD website (https://www.mortality.org), and obtain a valid username and password.
hmd.mx
returns an object of class demogdata
with the following components:
year |
Vector of years |
age |
Vector of ages |
rate |
A list containing one or more rate matrices with one age group per row and one column per year. |
pop |
A list of the same form as |
type |
Type of object: “mortality”, “fertility” or “migration”. |
label |
label |
hmd.pop
returns a similar object but without the rate
component.
hmd.e0
returns an object of class ts
with columns male
, female
and total
.
Rob J Hyndman
demogdata
,read.demogdata
,plot.demogdata
, life.expectancy
## Not run: norway <- hmd.mx("NOR", username, password, "Norway") summary(norway) ## End(Not run)
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