Create demogdata object suitable for plotting using plot.demogdata and
fitting an LC or BMS model using lca or an FDA model using fdm.
Arguments
- data
Matrix of data: either mortality rates or fertility rates
- pop
Matrix of population values of same dimension as data. These are population numbers as at 30 June of each year (i.e., the "exposures"). So, for example, the number of deaths is data*pop if data contains mortality rates.
- ages
Vector of ages corresponding to rows of
data.- years
Vector of years corresponding to columns of
data.- type
Character string showing type of demographic series: either “mortality”, “fertility” or “migration”.
- label
Character string of the name of area from which the data are taken.
- name
Name of series: usually male, female or total.
- lambda
Box-Cox transformation parameter.
Value
Object of class “demogdata” with the following components:
- year
Vector of years
- age
Vector of ages
- rate
A list containing one or more rate matrices with one age group per row and one column per year.
- pop
A list of the same form as
ratebut containing population numbers instead of demographic rates.- type
Type of object: “mortality”, “fertility” or “migration”.
- label
label
- lambda
lambda