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Basic Lee-Carter model

Usage

leecart(data, n = 10, concise = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

data

Dataframe with the following columns: age, year, mx

n

Numeric. Forecasted horizon

concise

Logical. Should results be restricted? TRUE for just forecast, FALSE for full data

...

Optional. Additional arguments for LT function.

sex

Character. Sex. "m" for males or "f" for females.

Value

Dataframe with the projected mx and ex for t+n periods with mean, low95 and high 95 values

References

Lee, R. D., & Carter, L. R. (1992). Modeling and forecasting US mortality. Journal of the American statistical association, 87(419), 659-671.