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spencer: Spencer's Mortality Dataset

Description

Observed mortality rates for ages 20 to 45.

Usage

data(spencer)

format

Data frame with age and mortality variables.

source

Spencer (1904).

References

Spencer, J. (1904). On the graduation of rates of sickness and mortality. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries 38, 334-343.