popsurv: Calculate the expected (population) survival

In relsurv: Relative Survival

Calculate the expected (population) survival

Description

For a given individual with sex, year, and age, calculate the expected (population) survival at the supplied time points based on the mortality tables.

Usage

popsurv(sex, year = as.Date("1970-01-01"), age = 0, ratetable, times)

Arguments

sex	Either character ('male'/'female'), or integer (1/2).
year	The year from which the individual is followed. Either a Date or POSIXt object. Default is as.Date('1970-01-01').
age	The age from which the individual is followed. Must be in days.
ratetable	a table of event rates, organized as a ratetable object, such as slopop.
times	The times at which the expected (population) survival should be calculated. Must be in days.

Details

The follow-up time and age must be specified in days. The calendar year can be in any date format (Date and POSIXt are allowed)

Value

A vector containing the survival estimate at the supplied times.

See Also

expprep2

Examples

library(relsurv)
# Estimate P(T>2000 days) for a newborn:
popsurv(sex='male', year=as.Date('1970-01-01'), age=0, ratetable=slopop, times=2000)
# P(T>300 days) for a 50-year old:
popsurv(sex='male', year=as.Date('1970-01-01'), age=50*365.241, ratetable=slopop, times=300)

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