Bootstrap life tables

R programs and data sets to bootstrap life tables and estimates of modal age of death according to (1). The programs are self documented.

graphs.r
1. plots the dx curves of Swiss female period life tables
2. computes and plots a Kernel density or a Gaussian density adjusted to the dx curve
3. computes the empirical mode, the kernel mode, the normal mode

SimNormMode.r
Computes the bootstrap distribution of the Normal mode and the empirical mode for Swiss males and females

SimKernMode.r
Computes the bootstrap distribution of the kernel mode for Swiss males and females

File Description
BootLifeTab.exe R programs and data sets, self extracting zip-file, march 2006

Reference:

(1) Marazzi A., Robine J.-M., Cheung S.L.K., Paccaud F., Measuring random variation of life tables and modal age of death, 2006 [Document pdf].