getqx {Q2q}

getqx

Description

It interpolate the age specific mortality rates

Usage

getqx(Qx, nag)

Arguments

Qx

Five-ages mortality rates which can be a vector created using or a column of a numerical matrix

nag

number of age groups

Value

qx age-specific mortality rates

lx a vector containing the age evolution of survivorship

dx a vector containing the theoretical deaths occured at age x

qxtl age specific mortality rates interpolated using the Lagrange method

qxtk age specific mortality rates interpolated using the Karup-king method

jonct_age the age where qxk and qxl have been joined

Author(s)

Farid FLICI

Examples

getqx(c(0.12, seq(0.05, 0.8,by=0.05)), 17)