ideaths: Database of all deaths with indigenous classification in...

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Description

Database constructed from NDI with state, age and sex information. Each death is classified as Indigenous/Non-Indigenous/Unknown and Linked/Unlinked. In addition, Indigenous deaths have been flagged if they have been misclassified as Non-Indigenous or Unknown.

Format

A data frame with 1,357,538 observations on the following eight variables:

State

a factor with levels ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.

Sex

a factor with levels Female and Male.

Age

a numeric vector indicating age at death.

RegYear

an integer vector indicating year of registration.

DeathYear

an integer vector indicating year of death.

Indigenous

a factor with three levels: N (non-indigenous), Y (indigenous), and U (unknown).

Linked

a logical variable indicating if the death was linked on data sets in addition to the NDI.

Misclassified

A logical variable indicating if the death has been misclassified as non-Indigenous or “Unknown” on the NDI.

References

Choi, C., Hyndman, R.J., Smith, L., and Zhao, K. (2010) An enhanced mortality database for estimating indigenous life expectancy. Report for Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Examples

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robjhyndman/indmortality documentation built on May 20, 2019, 6:48 p.m.