west_lifetab

Life table quantities from the "West" family
of Coale-Demeny model life tables.

datasets

Perform tasks commonly encountered when
preparing and analysing demographic data.
Some functions are intended for end users, and
others for developers. Includes functions for
working with life tables.

John Bryant

poputils

Demographic Analysis and Data Manipulation

Bayesian Demography Limited 

west_lifetab function

A data frame with 1,050 rows and the
following variables:<ul>
<li><code>level</code>: Index for life table. Lower level implies
lower life expectancy.</li>
<li><code>sex</code>: <code>"Female"</code>, and <code>"Male"</code>.</li>
<li><code>age</code>: Age, in life table age groups, with an open age
group of 95+.</li>
<li><code>mx</code>: Mortality rate.</li>
<li><code>ax</code>: Average years lived in age interval by people
who die in that interval.</li>
<li><code>qx</code>: Probability some alive at start of age interval
dies during interval.</li>
<li><code>lx</code>: Number of people still alive at start of
age interval.</li>
<li><code>dx</code>: Number of people dying during age interval.</li>
<li><code>Lx</code>: Number of person-years lived during age interval.</li>
<li><code>ex</code>: Expectation of life at start of age interval.</li>
</ul>

west_lifetab: Coale-Demeny West Model Life Tables

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