pyvd 0.4.5

Calculate birthrate and mortality from WPP data

pyvd

pyvd calculates birth and mortality rates from UN WPP projections for a single country.

Basic usage

0. Install

pip install pyvd

1. In a python terminal or script, calculate demography (e.g., birth rates by year)

pop_input = make_pop_dat('IND')
year_vec = pop_input[0, :] - pyvd.constants.BASE_YEAR
year_init = pyvd.constants.BASE_YEAR - pyvd.constants.BASE_YEAR
pop_mat = pop_input[1:, :] + 0.1
pop_init = [np.interp(year_init, year_vec, pop_mat[idx, :])
            for idx in range(pop_mat.shape[0])]
vd_tup = demog_vd_calc(year_vec, year_init, pop_mat, pop_init)

More about the data

You can learn about the data here. We combine both the retrospective (past) and projection (future) estimate, using the medium variant for the projects.

Coming soon

• Subnational estimates