get_mortality_from_file: Get the mortality rate values from reading a file

In packDAMipd: Decision Analysis Modelling Package with Parameters Estimation Ability from Individual Patient Level Data

Description

Get the mortality rate values from reading a file

Usage

get_mortality_from_file(paramfile, age, mortality_colname, gender = NULL)

Arguments

paramfile	parameter file to get the mortality eg.national life table data
age	age to get the age specific data
mortality_colname	column name with the mortality rates if it is not gender specific
gender	gender details to get the gender specific mortality data

Details

Provides the mortality rates as age and gender dependent Assumes the data contains mortality rate for single year and once it extracted per gender will retrieve single value Age column can consists of range of values, or a particular value also assumes that the mortality rate for each gender is listed under the gender column for gender specific values. if the mortality is not gender specific, the column name should be passed on to the function if gender is not null, mortality_name will be ignored

Value

the paramvalue

Examples

paramfile <- system.file("extdata", "LifeTable_USA_Mx_2015.csv",
  package = "packDAMipd"
)
a <- get_mortality_from_file(paramfile, age = 10, mortality_colname =
"total", gender = NULL)

packDAMipd documentation built on March 3, 2021, 5:07 p.m.