Muhuri, Pradip (SAMHSA/CBHSQ)
2015-Jan-07 21:48 UTC
[R] R example codes for direct standardization of rates
Hello Terry, Thank you so much for sending me this reference. Pradip Pradip K. Muhuri, PhD SAMHSA/CBHSQ 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1071 Rockville, MD 20857 Tel: 240-276-1070 Fax: 240-276-1260 From: Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D. [mailto:therneau at mayo.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 4:39 PM To: Muhuri, Pradip (SAMHSA/CBHSQ); r-help at R-project.org Subject: Re: R example codes for direct standardization of rates The pyears() and survexp() routines in the survival package are designed for these calculations. See the technical report #63 of the Mayo Biostat group for examples http://www.mayo.edu/research/departments-divisions/department-health-sciences-research/division-biomedical-statistics-infomatics/technical-reports<http://www.mayo.edu/research/departments-divisions/department-health-sciences-research/division-biomedical-statistics-informatics/technical-reports> Terry Therneau ---------- begin included message ----------- I am looking for R example codes to compute age-standardized death rates by smoking and psychological distress status using person-years of observation created from the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files. Any help with the example codes or references will be appreciated. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]