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Create Age Labels

Source: R/age.R
age_labels.Rd

Create labels for age groups. The labels depend on the type argument:

  • "single". One-year age groups, eg "0" or "55", and possibly an open age group, eg "90+".

  • "five". Five-year age groups, eg "0-4" or "55-59", and possibly an open age group, eg "100+".

  • "lt". Life table age groups, eg "0", "1-4", "5-9", "55-59", or "80+".

Usage

age_labels(type, min = 0, max = 100, open = NULL)

Arguments

type

Type of age group labels: "single", "five", or "lt".

min

Minimum age. Defaults to 0.

max

Maximum age for closed age groups. Defaults to 100.

open

Whether the last age group is "open", ie has no upper limit.

Value

A character vector.

Details

The first age group starts at the age specified by min. If open is TRUE, then the final age group starts at the age specified by max. Otherwise, the final age group ends at the age specified by max.

open defaults to TRUE when min equals zero, and to FALSE otherwise.

See also

reformat_age()

Examples

age_labels(type = "single", min = 15, max = 40)
#>  [1] "15" "16" "17" "18" "19" "20" "21" "22" "23" "24" "25" "26" "27" "28" "29"
#> [16] "30" "31" "32" "33" "34" "35" "36" "37" "38" "39"
age_labels(type = "five")
#>  [1] "0-4"   "5-9"   "10-14" "15-19" "20-24" "25-29" "30-34" "35-39" "40-44"
#> [10] "45-49" "50-54" "55-59" "60-64" "65-69" "70-74" "75-79" "80-84" "85-89"
#> [19] "90-94" "95-99" "100+" 
age_labels(type = "lt", max = 80)
#>  [1] "0"     "1-4"   "5-9"   "10-14" "15-19" "20-24" "25-29" "30-34" "35-39"
#> [10] "40-44" "45-49" "50-54" "55-59" "60-64" "65-69" "70-74" "75-79" "80+"