e-dagger
Arguments
- age
Numeric array of age intervals
- mx
Numeric array with age specific mortality rates.
- ...
Optional. Additional arguments for
LT()function.
Value
A named numeric vector of the same length as age, where each
element is e^\dagger_x, the average remaining life years lost because of
death from age x onward.
References
Vaupel J.W., Romo V.C. (2003). Decomposing change in life expectancy: A bouquet of formulas in honor of Nathan Keyfitz’s 90th birthday. Demography, 40(2), 201–216.
Examples
age <- 0:5
mx <- c(0.02, 0.01, 0.012, 0.015, 0.02, 0.03)
edagger(age, mx)[1:3]
#> 0 1 2
#> 33.41455 33.37195 33.35494