FetchLifeTableWpp2019: Retrieve life table functions from WPP 2019 data

In josehcms/fertestr: Package for Fertility and Parity Estimation

Retrieve life table functions from WPP 2019 data

Description

Retrieve life tables for selected period and locations from WPP 2019 data

Usage

FetchLifeTableWpp2019(locations = NULL, year, sex = "both")

Arguments

locations	list of location codes or names to retrieve LT information
year	period of reference to generate estimates (numeric format)
sex	sex to retrieve mortality (male, female or both)

Value

a data.frame with 15 elements: 'location_code': WPP 2019 location code; 'location_name': WPP 2019 location name; 'reference_period': reference year of each period used for interpolating mortality rates; 'sex': both, male or female; 'x.int': age group interval; 'x': age group starting age; 'mx': age-specific mortality rates; 'qx': mortality probability; 'ax': person-years lived by those who die of the age group; 'lx': survival function; 'dx': life table synthetic cohort deaths; 'Lx': person-years lived by age group; 'Tx': cumulate person-years lived by age group; 'ex': life expectancy

Examples

# life table for both sexes Uruguay 1990
FetchLifeTableWpp2019( 'Uruguay', 1990 )

# female life tables for Japan and Canada 1987
FetchLifeTableWpp2019( locations = c( 'Japan', 'Canada' ),
                       year = 1987,
                       sex = 'female' )

# male life tables for Finland in '2014-10-22'
FetchLifeTableWpp2019( locations = 'Finland',
                       year = lubridate::decimal_date( as.Date( '2014-10-22' ) ),
                       sex  = 'male' )

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