Returns age and sex-specific mortality probabilities for
a given region
Usage
get_who_mr(age, sex = NULL, region = NULL, year = "latest")
Value
This function should be used within
define_transition() or define_parameters().
Arguments
age
age as a continuous variable.
sex
sex as "FMLE"-"MLE", 0-1 (male = 0,
female = 1) or 1-2 (male = 1, female = 2).
region
Region code.
year
Use data from that year. Defaults to
"latest".
Details
Only locally cached data are available.
For memory space reasons
local data is only available for WHO high-income
countries (pooled), and only for the latest year.