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mod.risk: Heligman-Pollard parameter coversion to age-specific probabilites of death due to an external risk.

Description

Calculates the age-specific probabilities of death due to an external risk using the Heligman-Pollard model.

Usage

mod.risk(theta, x)

Arguments

theta

A vector containing values for the 9 parameters of the adapted Heligman-Pollard model.

x

A vector containing the ages at which to calculate the probabilities of death.

Value

A vector of probabilities of death at ages due to an external risk.

References

Heligman, L. and Pollard, J.H. (1980). The Age Pattern of Mortality. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries 107:49<U+2013>80.

See Also

HP.CI