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Read STMF data from files downloaded from HMD

Source: R/STMF.R
read_stmf_files.Rd

read_stmf_files reads weekly mortality data from a file downloaded from the Short-term Mortality Fluctuations (STMF) series available in the Human Mortality Database (HMD) https://www.mortality.org/Data/STMF, and constructs a vital object suitable for use in other functions.

Usage

read_stmf_files(file)

Arguments

file

Name of a file containing data downloaded from the HMD.

Value

read_stmf_files returns a vital object combining the downloaded data.

See also

read_stmf() for downloading and reading STMF data directly from the HMD.

Author

Rob J Hyndman

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# File downloaded from the Human Mortality Database STMF series
# (https://www.mortality.org/Data/STMF)
mortality <- read_stmf_files("AUSstmfout.csv")
} # }