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Get baseline health distribution for a country

Source: R/03_baseline_health.R
get_baseline_health.Rd

Returns pre-loaded HALE (Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy) data stratified by equity subgroup for use in DCEA. Data are sourced from ONS/OHID (England), Statistics Canada, and the WHO Global Health Observatory.

Usage

get_baseline_health(
  country = "england",
  equity_var = "imd_quintile",
  age_group = "all",
  sex = "all",
  year = NULL
)

Arguments

country

Character. One of "england", "canada", "who_regions", "scotland", "wales".

equity_var

Character. Stratification variable. Options depend on country:

  • England: "imd_quintile" (default), "imd_decile"

  • Canada: "income_quintile"

  • WHO: "who_region"

age_group

Character. Age filter (default "all").

sex

Character. Sex filter: "all" (default), "male", "female".

year

Integer. Data year. Uses most recent available if NULL.

Value

A tibble with columns: group, group_label, mean_hale, se_hale, pop_share, cumulative_rank, source, year.

Examples

england_baseline <- get_baseline_health("england", "imd_quintile")
england_baseline
#> # A tibble: 5 × 14
#>   imd_quintile group quintile_label      group_label     mean_hale mean_hale_all
#>          <int> <int> <chr>               <chr>               <dbl>         <dbl>
#> 1            1     1 Q1 (most deprived)  Q1 (most depri…      52.1          52.1
#> 2            2     2 Q2                  Q2                   56.3          56.3
#> 3            3     3 Q3                  Q3                   59.8          59.8
#> 4            4     4 Q4                  Q4                   63.2          63.2
#> 5            5     5 Q5 (least deprived) Q5 (least depr…      66.8          66.8
#> # ℹ 8 more variables: mean_hale_male <dbl>, mean_hale_female <dbl>,
#> #   se_hale <dbl>, se_hale_all <dbl>, pop_share <dbl>, cumulative_rank <dbl>,
#> #   year <int>, source <chr>