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- _A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:
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- us:
- total United States population, by age and sex, 1960 to
- 1980.
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- uswhite:
- United States white population, by age and sex, 1950 to
- 1980.
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- usr:
- United States population, by age, sex and race, 1960 to
- 1980. Race is white, nonwhite, or black. For 1960 and
- 1970 the black population values were not reported
- separately, so the nonwhite values were used.
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- mn:
- total Minnesota population, by age and sex, 1970 and
- 1980.
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- mnwhite:
- Minnesota white population, by age and sex, 1960 to
- 1980.
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- fl:
- total Florida population, by age and sex, 1970 and
- 1980.
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- flr:
- Florida population, by age, sex and race, 1970-1980.
- Race is white, nonwhite, or black. For 1970 the black
- population values were not reported separately, so the
- nonwhite values were used.
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- az:
- total Arizona population, by age and sex, 1970 and
- 1980.
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- azr:
- Arizona population, by age, sex and race, 1970-1980.
- Race is white versus nonwhite. For 1970 the nonwhite
- population values were not reported separately. In
- order to make the rate table be a matrix, the 1980
- values were repeated. (White and non-white values are
- quite different). Each of these tables contains the
- daily hazard rate for a matched subject from the popu-
- lation, defined as -log(1-q)/365.24 where q is the 1
- year probability of death as reported in the original
- tables. For age 25 in 1970, for instance, p = 1-q is
- is the probability that a subject who becomes 25 years
- of age in 1970 will achieve his/her 26th birthday. The
- tables are recast in terms of hazard per day entirely
- for computational convenience. (The fraction .24 in
- the denominator is based on 24 leap years per century.)
- Each table is stored as an array, with additional
- attributes, and can be subset and manipulated as stan-
- dard S arrays. Interpolation between calander years is
- done "on the fly" by the survexp routine. Judging from
- past experience, the 1990 data should become available
- in 1995 or 96. Some of the deficiencies, e.g. 1970
- Arizona non-white, are a result of local conditions.
- The data probably exists, but we don't have a copy it
- in the library. values for 1990 and 2000. The details
- can be found in technical report 55.
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