death_cohort_period_to_age_period: Compute period deaths by age from cohort deaths and life...

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death_cohort_period_to_age_periodR Documentation

Compute period deaths by age from cohort deaths and life table values

Description

This function computes the age-specific period deaths from cohort-specific deaths and life table values lx and nLx. Approach uses cohort separation factors as described by Thomas Buettner in http://abcabacus.org/?page_id=599

Usage

death_cohort_period_to_age_period(
  death_cohort_period,
  lx_age_period,
  nLx_age_period
)

Arguments

death_cohort_period

numeric. vector of deaths by cohort computed by project_ccmpp_z_by_z.

lx_age_period

numeric. vector life table lx values

nLx_age_period

numeric. vector of life table nLx values

Value

a numeric vector period deaths by age.

Author(s)

Sara Hertog


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