old.age {SMPracticals}R Documentation

Estimates of Hazard Function for Old Age

Description

Historical estimates of the force of mortality (hazard function) averaged for 5-year age groups. The data are taken from various historical sources.

Usage

data(old.age)

Format

A data frame with 14 observations on the following 8 variables.

age
Age group (5-year intervals)
hungary
Data estimated from Hungarian graveyards, 900–1100
eng.1640
Data estimated from England, 1640–1689
breslau
Data estimated from Breslau, 1687–1691
engm.1841
Data from England and Wales, males, 1841
engf.1841
Data from England and Wales, females, 1841
engm.1980
Data from England and Wales, males, 1980–1982
engf.1980
Data from England and Wales, females, 1980–1982

Details

The estimated numbers of people on which the data in the columns are based are 2300, 3133, 2675, 71,000, 74,000, 834,0000, and 828,000.

Source

Thatcher, A. R. (1999) The long-term pattern of adult mortality and the highest attained age (with Discussion). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, 16, 5–43.

References

Davison, A. C. (2003) Statistical Models. Cambridge University Press. Page 194.

Examples

data(old.age)

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