simPop: Population simulation

In tagteam/heaven: Data Preparation Routines for Medical Registry Data

Population simulation

Description

Simulate population with birthdate and gender

Usage

simPop(n, min.age = 20, max.age = 90, sex = 0.5, mortality = 0.05)

Arguments

n	Number of subjects
min.age	minimal age
max.age	maximal age
sex	gender distribution: value between 0 and 1
mortality	risk of death: value between 0 and 1

Details

Sample data for illustration, i.e., vignettes and example sections of the package.

Value

data.table with columns: pnr, sex, birthdate, status, doddate where doddate is the date of death for subjects with status = 1 and the current date for subjects with status = 0.

Author(s)

Thomas A. Gerds <[e-mail]>

See Also

simPrescriptionData, simAdmissionData

Examples

set.seed(7)
simPop(7)

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