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set.upperage

Combine the upperages of a demogdata object.

Computes demographic rates by combining age groups.

set.upperage(data, max.age)

`data`	Demogdata object such as created using `read.demogdata` or `smooth.demogdata`.
`max.age`	Upper age group. Ages beyond this are combined into the upper age group.

Demogdata object with same components as data but with a subset of ages.

Rob J Hyndman

france.short <- set.upperage(fr.mort, 85)

Forecasting Mortality, Fertility, Migration and Population Data

v1.22

GPL (>= 2)

Authors

Rob J Hyndman with contributions from Heather Booth, Leonie Tickle and John Maindonald.

Initial release