lifetable {actLifer}

Lifetable Function

Description

Gives user more control over their lifetable compared to the life_expectancy() function. Allows the user to add in the central death rate and proportion surviving to age x. Allows the user to omit accessory columns which are used to calculate life expectancy.

Usage

lifetable(
  data,
  age,
  pop,
  deaths,
  includeAllSteps = TRUE,
  includeCDR = TRUE,
  includePS = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

data

The mortality dataset, includes an age grouping variable,

age

The age grouping variable, must be categorical

pop

Population of each age group, must be numeric

deaths

The midyear number of deaths at each age group, must be numeric

includeAllSteps

If false, will only include the proportion surviving to age x and life expectancy for age x

includeCDR

If true, will include the central death rate for each age group

includePS

If true, will include the proportion surviving for each age group

...

Other optional grouping variables (can be race, gender, etc.)

Value

Lifetable

Examples

# Running lifetable() and choosing not to include CentralDeathRate and
# ProportionToSurvive (optional columns) in the output dataset

lifetable(mortality2, "age_group", "population", "deaths", FALSE, TRUE, TRUE)