get_risk_and_pop_fraction: Get input data and PAF

In healthiar: Quantifying and Monetizing Health Impacts Attributable to Exposure

Get input data and PAF

Description

This function calculates the population attributable fraction (PAF) based on the input data and puts the results in additional columns joined to the input data frame.

Usage

get_risk_and_pop_fraction(input_table, pop_fraction_type)

Arguments

input_table	Data frame with the input data
pop_fraction_type	String indicating the type of the population fraction. Options: "paf" or "pif"

Value

This function returns a data.frame with the input data adding a column for the population attributable fraction Moreover, the data frame includes columns such as:

• Attributable fraction

• Health impact

• Outcome metric

• And many more.

Author(s)

Alberto Castro & Axel Luyten

healthiar documentation built on March 12, 2026, 5:07 p.m.