parseRate {LTASR}R Documentation

Parses LTAS rate file in .xml format

Description

Parses LTAS rate file in .xml format

Usage

parseRate(xmlpath)

Arguments

xmlpath

path of LTAS rate file

Value

returns a list containing:

  1. $residual: the minor number where all unknown deaths will be assigned

  2. $MinorDesc: a data.frame/tibble giving descriptions of minor numbers as well as how minors are mapped to majors

  3. $mapping: a data.frame/tibble listing how each icd-code and revision will be mapped to each minor number

  4. $age_cut: a numeric specifying cut-points for age strata

  5. $cp_cut: a numeric specifying cut-points for calendar period strata

[Package LTASR version 0.1.3 Index]