lt_id_d_l: Derive survivorship from lifetable deaths

View source: R/lt_id.R

lt_id_d_lR Documentation

Derive survivorship from lifetable deaths

Description

This lifetable identity is the same no matter what kind of lifetable is required. You can find it in any demography textbook.

Usage

lt_id_d_l(ndx, radix = sum(ndx))

Arguments

ndx

numeric. Vector of age-specific lifetable deaths.

radix

numeric.

Details

The vector returned is the same length as dx and it sums to the lifetable radix. If the radix is one then this is the discrete deaths distribution.

Value

lx vector of lifetable survivorship

References

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preston2000demographyDemoTools


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