nzmort: Mortality Data for New Zealand

nzmortR Documentation

Mortality Data for New Zealand

Description

Counts of deaths and population, by age, sex, and calendar year, plus mortality rates, for New Zealand, 2021-2022.

Usage

nzmort

Format

A data frame with 84 rows and the following variables:

  • year: Calendar year.

  • gender: "Female", and "Male".

  • age: Age, in life table age groups, with an open age group of 95+.

  • deaths: Counts of deaths, randomly rounded to base 3.

  • popn: Estimates of average annual population.

  • mx: Mortality rates (deaths / popn).

Source

Modified from data in tables "Deaths by age and sex (Annual-Dec)" and "Estimated Resident Population by Age and Sex (1991+) (Annual-Dec)" from Stats NZ online database Infoshare, downloaded on 24 September 2023.


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