total_years_lived {actLifer}

Total Years Lived From Age x

Description

Adds a new column called TotalYears to the dataset that was input. TotalYears is the number of years lived from age zero to age x.

Usage

total_years_lived(data, age, pop, deaths)

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

Value

Dataset that was input with the added columns: ConditionalProbDeath, ConditionalProbLife, NumberToSurvive, PersonYears, and TotalYears.

Examples

# This function will add the ConditionalProbDeath, ConditionalProbLife,
# NumberToSurvive, PropToSurvive, PersonYearsm and TotalYears columns to the
# dataset
total_years_lived(mortality2, "age_group", "population", "deaths")