prop_mortality_ratio: Proportional Mortality Ratio

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Proportional Mortality Ratio

Description

This function calculates the proportional mortality ratio for a given population.

Usage

prop_mortality_ratio(cause_deaths, total_deaths)

Arguments

cause_deaths	numeric vector that contains the deaths from a single cause
total_deaths	numeric vector that contains the total deaths in the given population

Value

the proportional mortality ratio (as a percent) as a numeric vector

Author(s)

Irucka Embry

References

Michael Darcy and Łucja Zaborowska, MD, PhD, Last updated on Nov 05, 2022, "Mortality Rate Calculator", Omni Calculator, https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/mortality-rate. Florida Museum of Natural History: International Shark Attack File, Last updated on 07/19/2022, "Risk of Death: 18 Things More Likely to Kill You Than Sharks", https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/death/. Farida B. Ahmad, MPH, Jodi A. Cisewski, MPH, Robert N. Anderson, PhD, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022, 71:597-600, "Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2021", https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117e1.htm.

Examples

# Data from Reference 2 and Reference 3

library(iemisc)

prop_mortality_ratio(cause_deaths = 652486, total_deaths = 3458697)
# annual heart disease deaths & total deaths in the US in 2021

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