R Observatory: Metrics for MortalityGaps version 1.0.7

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

MortalityGaps

1.0.7

The Double-Gap Life Expectancy Forecasting Model

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2.6Kdownloads / year

98.4%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Marius D. PascariuFirst published 2018-07-202 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Life expectancy is highly correlated over time among countries and between males and females. These associations can be used to improve forecasts. Here we have implemented a method for forecasting female life expectancy based on analysis of the gap between female life expectancy in a country compared with the record level of female life expectancy in the world. Second, to forecast male life expectancy, the gap between male life expectancy and female life expectancy in a country is analysed. We named this method the Double-Gap model. For a detailed description of the method see Pascariu et al. (2018). doi:10.1016/j.insmatheco.2017.09.011.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("MortalityGaps", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("mpascariu/MortalityGaps")

Development version from mpascariu/MortalityGaps. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-mortalitygaps

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-MortalityGaps

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-MortalityGaps

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 3.3 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.15

98.4%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

5

Dependencies · direct

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Documentation

READMEYes · 278 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 16%

Downloads

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Repository

GitHub ↗ mpascariu/mortalitygaps

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License GPL-3.0 · 51 commits · Last activity 2025-04-02 · 0% stars, 30d

Stars over time

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Repository practices

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

9 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.4.0

Imports (5)

forecastMASScrch pbapply (>= 1.3)Rdpack

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (5)

MortalityLaws knitr rmarkdown (>= 1.10)testthat covr

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Marius D. Pascariu

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Marius D. Pascariu

Author, Maintainer

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Package metadata

First published: 2018-07-20
Total releases: 2 / 8 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.4.0
Bundled data: 15 KB / 1 file
Download size: 317 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Pascariu, M. D. (2025). MortalityGaps: The Double-Gap Life Expectancy Forecasting Model (Version 1.0.7) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.MortalityGaps

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for MortalityGaps version 1.0.7 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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