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Estimate socioeconomic differences in cohort survivorship

Source: R/prep_surv.R
prep_surv.Rd

Combines long-term historical mortality rates (HMD) with recent socioeconomically stratified mortality data (ONS) to produce cohort survivorship curves (lx) stratified by Age, Sex, and IMD Quintile.

Usage

prep_surv(
  mx_data_hmd = smktrans::hmd_data_eng,
  mx_data_ons,
  min_age = 11,
  max_age = 89,
  min_year = 2003,
  max_year = 2018
)

Arguments

mx_data_hmd

Data table of HMD mortality rates (1922+).

mx_data_ons

Data table of ONS stratified mortality rates.

min_age, max_age, min_year, max_year

Integers defining the scope.