plot.apc: Plot the estimates from a fitted Age-Period-Cohort model

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Plot the estimates from a fitted Age-Period-Cohort model

Description

This function plots the estimates created by apc.fit in a single graph. It just calls apc.frame after computing some sensible values of the parameters, and subsequently plots the estimates using apc.lines.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'apc'
plot( x, r.txt="Rate", ...)
          apc.plot( x, r.txt="Rate", ...)

Arguments

x	An object of class apc.
r.txt	The text to put on the vertical rate axis.
...	Additional arguments passed on to apc.lines.

Details

plot.apc is just a wrapper for apc.plot.

Value

A numerical vector of length two, with names c("cp.offset","RR.fac"). The first is the offset for the cohort period-axis, the second the multiplication factor for the rate-ratio scale. Therefore, if you want to plot at (x,y) in the right panel, use (x-res["cp.offset"],y/res["RR.fac"]) =(x-res[1],y/res[2]). This vector should be supplied for the parameter frame.par to apc.lines if more sets of estimates is plotted in the same graph, however see cp.points.

Author(s)

Bendix Carstensen, Steno Diabetes Center, http://bendixcarstensen.com

See Also

apc.lines, lines.apc, apc.frame, apc.fit

Examples

data( lungDK )
apc1 <- apc.fit( transform( lungDK,
                            A = Ax, P = Px, Y = Y/10^5 ),
                 ref.c = 1920 )
fp <- apc.plot( apc1 )
apc.lines( apc1, frame.par=fp, drift=1.01, col="red" )
for( i in 1:11 )
  apc.lines( apc1, frame.par=fp, drift=1+(i-6)/100, col=rainbow(12)[i] )

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