BrasilFemales           Example data for Brasil females by federal
                        states, years 1991 to 2000
BrasilMales             Example data for Brasil males by federal
                        states, years 1980 to 1991
HMDlogic                Logical utility functions
Moz                     Example data for Mozambique females 1997-2007
addcod                  append a '$cod' column if missing
adjustages              adjust the range of ages used by
                        'ggbChooseAges()'
assignNoteCode          a cheap way to choose which column to assign a
                        'NoteCode' to
avgDeaths               if necessary divide deaths by intercensal
                        interval
cdmltw                  Coale-Demeny model life table: West
ddm                     run all three deaths registration coverage
                        estimation methods
ddmplot                 get a quick overview of the different estimates
                        produced
detectAgeInterval       Detect the age interval for some demographic
                        data
detectSex               Detect the sex for some demographic data
eOpenCD                 estimate remaining life expectancy in the open
                        age group
fakeDates               assume Jan 1 if no month or day given
ggb                     estimate death registration coverage using the
                        GGB method
ggbChooseAges           interactively determine ages to use for
                        estimating coverage
ggbFittedFromAges       make the growth-adjusted quasi life table
                        columns required by GGB method
ggbMakeColumns          make the growth-adjusted quasi life table
                        columns required by GGB method
ggbcoverageFromAges     given a set of ages, what is the implied death
                        registration coverage?
ggbcoverageFromYear     estimate death registration coverage for a
                        single year/sex/region using the GGB method
ggbgetAgesFit           determine the age range that minimizes the mean
                        squared error
ggbgetRMS               calculate the root means square of the error to
                        help find optimal age range
ggbseg                  estimate death registration coverage using the
                        hybrid generalized growth balance and synthetic
                        extinct generation
ggbsegCoverageFromYear
                        estimate death registration coverage for a
                        single year/sex/region using the modified
                        Bennett-Horiuchi method
ggbsegMakeColumns       make the Bennett-Horiuchi quasi life table
                        columns required by the second estimation
                        method
group01                 group down standard abridged data in child
                        mortality group
guessDeathsColumn       Figure out which column is the deaths column
guessage                which age is closest to the point clicked?
headerPrep              a utility function to prep the header
inUSR                   does a given pairlist of x and y coordinates
                        fall within the plot region?
isLeapYear              determine whether a year is a leap year.
reduceOpen              chop down or group down the open age
seg                     estimate death registration coverage using the
                        synthetic extinct generation method
segCoverageFromAges     given a set of ages, what is the implied death
                        registration coverage?
segCoverageFromYear     estimate death registration coverage for a
                        single year/sex/region using the
                        Bennett-Horiuchi method
segMakeColumns          make the Bennett-Horiuchi quasi life table
                        columns required by the estimation method
segplot                 plot the age-pattern of coverage estimates
single2abr              single ages to standard abridged ages
slopeint                get the slope the slope and intercept implied
                        by a set of ages
yint                    get interval as fraction of full years
yint2                   get the time interval without having to specify
                        so many arguments
ypart                   determine the proportion of a year passed as of
                        a particular date
