Age-specific data on mortality for male (mxM) and female (mxF).
Usage
data(mxM)
data(mxF)
Format
Data frames with one row per country and age group. For each country there are 22 or more age groups (i.e., up to age 100+ or 110+). It contains the following variables:
A character string representing an age interval (given by the starting age of the interval). For each country there are 22 values: “0”, “1”, “5”, “10”, “15”, “20”, “25”, “30”, “35”, “40”, “45”, “50”, “55”, “60”, “65”, “70”, “75”, “80”, “85”, “90”, “95”, and “100+” in that order.
1950-1955, 1955-1960, ...
Mortality rate for the given five-year time period (i.e., from 1 July in year t to 1 July in year t+5 such as the period 1950-1955 refers to the period 1950.5-1955.5 and the mid of the period is 1953.0). Not available data are represented by an empty string.
Source
This dataset is based on estimates and projections of United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015).