# Bayesian Estimation and Forecasting of Age-Specific Rates

## Documentation for package ‘bage’ version 0.9.7

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
- Package NEWS.

## Help Pages

AR | Autoregressive Prior
AR1 | Autoregressive Prior of Order 1
augment.bage_mod | Extract Data and Modelled Values
components.bage_mod | Extract Values for Hyper-Parameters
components.bage_ssvd | Extract Components used by SVD Summary
computations | Information on Computations Performed During Model Fitting
confidential | Confidentialization
datamods | Data Models
fit.bage_mod | Fit a Model
forecast.bage_mod | Use a Model to Make a Forecast
generate.bage_prior_ar | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_known | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_lin | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_linar | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_linex | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_norm | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_normfixed | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rw2random | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rw2randomseasfix | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rw2randomseasvary | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rw2zero | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rw2zeroseasfix | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rw2zeroseasvary | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rwrandom | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rwrandomseasfix | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rwrandomseasvary | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rwzero | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rwzeroseasfix | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_rwzeroseasvary | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_spline | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_svd | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_svd_ar | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_svd_rw2random | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_svd_rw2zero | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_svd_rwrandom | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_prior_svd_rwzero | Generate Values from Priors
generate.bage_ssvd | Generate Random Age or Age-Sex Profiles
HFD | Components from Human Fertility Database
HMD | Components from Human Mortality Database
isl_deaths | Deaths in Iceland
is_fitted | Test Whether a Model has Been Fitted
Known | Known Prior
kor_births | Births in South Korea
LFP | Components from OECD Labor Force Participation Data
Lin | Linear Prior with Independent Normal Errors
Lin_AR | Linear Prior with Autoregressive Errors
Lin_AR1 | Linear Prior with Autoregressive Errors of Order 1
mod_binom | Specify a Binomial Model
mod_norm | Specify a Normal Model
mod_pois | Specify a Poisson Model
N | Normal Prior
NFix | Normal Prior with Fixed Variance
nld_expenditure | Per Capita Health Expenditure in the Netherlands, 2003-2011
nzl_divorces | Divorces in New Zealand
nzl_households | People in One-Person Households in New Zealand
nzl_injuries | Fatal Injuries in New Zealand
n_draw.bage_mod | Get the Number of Draws for a Model Object
print.bage_mod | Printing a Model
priors | Priors for Intercept, Main Effects, Interactions
prt_deaths | Deaths in Portugal
replicate_data | Create Replicate Data
report_sim | Simulation Study of a Model
RW | Random Walk Prior
RW2 | Second-Order Random Walk Prior
RW2_Infant | Second-Order Random Walk Prior with 'Infant' Indicator
RW2_Seas | Second-Order Random Walk Prior with Seasonal Effect
RW_Seas | Random Walk Prior with Seasonal Effect
set_confidential_rr3 | Specify RR3 Confidentialization
set_covariates | Specify Covariates
set_datamod_exposure | Specify Exposure Data Model
set_datamod_miscount | Specify Miscount Data Model
set_datamod_noise | Specify Noise Data Model
set_datamod_outcome_rr3 | Specify RR3 Data Model
set_datamod_overcount | Specify Overcount Data Model
set_datamod_undercount | Specify Undercount Data Model
set_disp | Specify Prior for Dispersion or Standard Deviation
set_n_draw | Specify Number of Draws from Prior or Posterior Distribution
set_prior | Specify Prior for Model Term
set_seeds | Reset Random Seeds in Model Object
set_var_age | Specify Age Variable
set_var_sexgender | Specify Sex or Gender Variable
set_var_time | Specify Time Variable
Sp | P-Spline Prior
SVD | SVD-Based Prior for Age or Age-Sex Profiles
SVD_AR | Dynamic SVD-Based Priors for Age Profiles or Age-Sex Profiles
SVD_AR1 | Dynamic SVD-Based Priors for Age Profiles or Age-Sex Profiles
SVD_RW | Dynamic SVD-Based Priors for Age Profiles or Age-Sex Profiles
SVD_RW2 | Dynamic SVD-Based Priors for Age Profiles or Age-Sex Profiles
swe_infant | Infant Mortality in Sweden
tidy.bage_mod | Summarize Terms from a Fitted Model
unfit | Unfit a Model
usa_deaths | Accidental Deaths in the USA