This function returns a list of all the countries currently available in the HMD, related to a specified data type.
hmdstatistic(sex, type = c("birth count", "death count", "population", "exposure",
"mortality rate", "life expectancy"), username, password)Possible options are "Male", "Female", "Total".
Type of data.
Authenticate username.
Authenticate password.
List of objects of class fts.
In order to read the data sets, users are required to create their account via the HMD website (http://www.mortality.org/), and obtain a valid username and password.