read.hmd: Function to read data sets from the Human Mortality Database
In fds: Functional data sets

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) See Also

View source: R/read.hmd.R

This function allows users to read any data set from the Human Mortality Database (HMD).

1	read.hmd(country, sex, file = "Mx_1x1.txt", username, password, yname)

`country`	Directory abbreviation from the HMD. For instance, Australia = "AUS".
`sex`	Possible options are "Male", "Female", "Total".
`file`	Directory abbreviation from the HMD. For instance, mortality rate = "Mx_1x1.txt".
`username`	Authenticate username.
`password`	Authenticate password.
`yname`	Type of data.

In order to read the data sets, users are required to create their account via the HMD website (http://www.mortality.org/), and obtain a valid username and password.

An object of class fts.

Han Lin Shang and Rob J Hyndman

hmdstatistic, hmdcountry

fds documentation built on May 29, 2017, 7:02 p.m.