avg_yll | R Documentation |
avg_yll
computes the average expected years of life lost (YLL), given
the number of deaths, the average age of death and the standard life
expectancy.
avg_yll(ndeaths, avg.age.death, life.expectancy, discount.rate = 0.03, beta = 0.04, modulation = 0, adjustment = 0.1658)
ndeaths |
Number of deaths (numeric). |
avg.age.death |
Average age of death (numeric). |
life.expectancy |
The interpolated life expectancy at that age. In other words, the expected remaining number of years to live (numeric). |
discount.rate |
Discount rate (default is set to 0.03) (numeric). |
beta |
Age-weighting constant (default is set to 0.04) (numeric). |
modulation |
Age-weighting modulation constant (= 0, no weighting; = 1, weighting, default is set to 0) (numeric). |
adjustment |
Adjustment constant for age-weights (default is set to 0.1658) (numeric). |
avg_yll
computes the average expected years of life lost (YLL). The
average YLL, which highlights premature causes of death and brings attention
to preventable deaths is computed by dividing the standard YLL by the number
of deaths (Aragon et al., 2008). The number of deaths, the average age of
death and the standard life expectancy at least must be provided (as numeric
vectors). Other arguments are provided to incorporate time discounting and
age weighting.
Since all inputs are numeric vectors, the output will be a numeric vector.
Antoine Soetewey antoine.soetewey@uclouvain.be
Aragon, T. J., Lichtensztajn, D. Y., Katcher, B. S., Reiter, R., & Katz, M. H. (2008). Calculating expected years of life lost for assessing local ethnic disparities in causes of premature death. BMC public health, 8(1), 116.
yll
for the standard measure of years of life lost.
# For 100 deaths with an average age of death of 60 years # and an expected remaining number of years to live of 20 years: avg_yll(100, 60, 20) # Without discounting: avg_yll(100, 60, 20, discount.rate = 0) ## Not run: avg_yll("a", "b", "c") # arguments must be numeric avg_yll(100) # avg.age.death and life.expectancy are missing, # with no default avg_yll(100, 60) # life.expectancy is missing, # with no default ## End(Not run)
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