mortality

mortality, an Octave code which processes some sample mortality data.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

mortality is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

mortality_test

will_you_be_alive, an Octave code which carries out the probability simulations described in "Will You Be Alive 10 Years From Now?", by Paul Nahin;

Reference:

• Paul Nahin,
  Will You Be Alive 10 Years From Now?,
  Princeton, 2014,
  ISBN: 978-0691156804,
  LC: QA273.25.N344

Source Code:

• mortality_average_life.m, estimates the average life span.
• mortality_cdf.m, computes the cumulative probability that a person dying in 2007 was of a given age or younger.
• mortality_cdf_plot.m, plots the cumulative probability that a person dying in 2007 was of a given age or younger.
• mortality_count.m, sample mortality count, giving age, and number of deaths for each age group over one year, for 2007.
• mortality_count_plot.m, plots the sample mortality count.
• mortality_expected_plot.m, plots the expected total lifespan.
• mortality_pdf.m, computes the probability that a person dying in 2007 was of a given age.
• mortality_pdf_plot.m, plots the probability that a person dying in 2007 was of a given age.
• mortality_plus10_plot.m, plots the probability of living at least 10 more years.
• mortality_this_year.m, determines, for each yearly age bracket, the chances of being alive at the beginning of the year and dead by the end of it, based on data from 2007.
• mortality_this_year_plot.m, plots, for each yearly age bracket, the chances of being alive at the beginning of the year and dead by the end of it, based on data from 2007.
• mortality_to_die.m, the per bracket "to die" function.
• mortality_to_die_plot.m, plots the per bracket "to die" function.