spencer                package:locfit                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Observed mortality rates for ages 20 to 45.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(spencer)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     Data frame with age and mortality variables.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Spencer (1904).

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Spencer, J. (1904). On the graduation of rates of sickness and
     mortality. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries 38, 334-343.

