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old.age: Estimates of Hazard Function for Old Age

Description

Historical estimates of the force of mortality (hazard function) averaged for 5-year age groups. The data are taken from various historical sources.

Usage

data(old.age)

Arguments

source

Thatcher, A. R. (1999) The long-term pattern of adult mortality and the highest attained age (with Discussion). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, 16, 5--43.

Details

The estimated numbers of people on which the data in the columns are based are 2300, 3133, 2675, 71,000, 74,000, 834,0000, and 828,000.

References

Davison, A. C. (2003) Statistical Models. Cambridge University Press. Page 194.

Examples

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data(old.age)

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