predict.MortalityLaw {MortalityLaws}

Predict function for MortalityLaw

Description

Predict function for MortalityLaw

Usage

## S3 method for class 'MortalityLaw'
predict(object, x, ...)

Arguments

object

An object of class "MortalityLaw"

x

Vector of ages to be considered in prediction

...

Additional arguments affecting the predictions produced.

Value

A vector of predicted hazard rates

Author(s)

Marius D. Pascariu

See Also

MortalityLaw

Examples

# Extrapolate old-age mortality with the Kannisto model
# Fit ages 80-94 and extrapolate up to 120.

Mx <- ahmd$mx[paste(80:94), "1950"]
M1 <- MortalityLaw(x = 80:94, mx  = Mx, law = 'kannisto')
fitted(M1)
predict(M1, x = 80:120)

# See more examples in MortalityLaw function help page.