est_birthdays: helper function to calculate Nx (birthdays)

In albinomatheus/toolbox: Matheus' personal functions and palettes

helper function to calculate Nx (birthdays)

Description

Approximate average birthdays per annum in a reference period and age group between two censuses. We do this by taking geometric means within ages, either from age x in census 1 and age x + 5 in census 2 (nx.method = 2), or from ages x and x+5 in both censuses. We also divide out the age group width, presumably 5.

Usage

est_birthdays(pop1, pop2, AgeInt = NULL, nx.method = 2)

Arguments

pop1	numeric vector of population counts by age from census 1.
pop2	numeric vector of population counts by age from census 2.
AgeInt	numeric vector of age interval widths
nx.method	either 2 or 4. 4 is smoother.

Value

numeric vector of estiamte birthdays per annum per age

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