age_grouping

character string of age groups for which the results are to be provided.

age_group

standard population weights to use.

st_pop

minimum age group (to check if it is 0 or 0-4).

min_age

n_age

Age grouping function creates standard population weights for user selected age groups.
Allows for flexible age groups selection in smr, rii and st_rate functions. Internal use only.

internal

Tools for calculating deprivation measures and analysing health outcomes and mortality by deprivation.
Included are the functions: zscore() and w_pcntile() for developing deprivation measures and the functions smr(),
st_rate() and rii() for calculating standardized mortality ratios, direct standardized rates and Slope and Relative
indices of Inequality (SII and RII). Test data is included (dep_data and health_data).
The RII/SII are calculated following Pamuk ER (1985) <doi:10.1080/0032472031000141256>.
The confidence intervals for SII/RII are calculated using a multinomial distribution as described in Lumme et al (2015)
<doi:10.1007/s10742-015-0137-1>.

age_grouping: Age grouping function

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value