MortalityTables (version 2.0)

ageShift: Return the age shift of the age-shifted life table given the birth year

Description

Return the age shift of the age-shifted life table given the birth year

Usage

ageShift(object, YOB = 1975, ...)
# S4 method for mortalityTable
ageShift(object, YOB = 1975, ...)
# S4 method for mortalityTable.ageShift
ageShift(object, YOB = 1975, ...)

Arguments

object

The life table object (class inherited from mortalityTable)

YOB

The birth year for which the age shift should be determined.

...

Other parameters (currently unused)

Methods (by class)

• mortalityTable: Age shifts apply only to mortalityTagle.ageShift, so all other tables return NA.

• mortalityTable.ageShift: Return the age shift of the age-shifted life table given the birth year

Examples

# NOT RUN {
mortalityTables.load("Austria_Annuities")
ageShift(AVOe2005R.male.av, YOB=1910)
ageShift(AVOe2005R.male.av, YOB=1955)
ageShift(AVOe2005R.male.av, YOB=2010)
# A table with trend does NOT have any age shift, so NA is returned:
ageShift(AVOe2005R.male, YOB=1910)

# }