DALY (version 1.2.0)

hist.DALY: Histogram method for class 'DALY'

Description

Plot a standardized histogram of DALY Calculator output.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'DALY':
hist(x, xval = c("DALY", "YLD", "YLL", "cases", "deaths"),
     prob = 0.95, central = c("mean", "median"),
     breaks = 25, fill = "grey95", ...)

Arguments

x

Object of class 'DALY'

xval

Value to plot on x-axis; must be any of c("DALY", "YLD", "YLL", "cases", "deaths")

prob

Probability span by plotted credibility interval; defaults to 0.95

central

Plotted central value of distribution; must be any of c("mean", "median")

breaks

See hist; the default is 25 bars

fill

The colour to be used to fill the bars

...

Additional arguments to be passed to gpar

Details

This function plots a standardized histogram of DALY Calculator output. The histogram contains by default 25 bars. The limits of the credible interval are denoted by vertical lines; the credible interval limits and central tendency are printed above the histogram.

See Also

aggregate.DALY DALYcalculator (for a brief description of the DALY Calculator) DALYmanual (for a more comprehensive overview)

Examples

##= load NCC example ======================================
setDALYexample(1)

##= perform DALY calculation, store results in 'x'  =======
x <- getDALY()

##= plot histogram of total deaths ========================
##= + show 90% credible interval & median =================
hist(x, xval = "deaths", prob = 0.90, central = "median")