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title: 'PHEindicatormethods: Common Public Health Statistics and their Confidence
  Intervals'
version: 2.1.1
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.PHEindicatormethods
abstract: 'Functions to calculate commonly used public health statistics and their
  confidence intervals using methods approved for use in the production of Public
  Health England indicators such as those presented via Fingertips (<https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/>).
  It provides functions for the generation of proportions, crude rates, means, directly
  standardised rates, indirectly standardised rates, standardised mortality ratios,
  slope and relative index of inequality and life expectancy. Statistical methods
  are referenced in the following publications. Breslow NE, Day NE (1987) <https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.4780080614>.
  Dobson et al (1991) <https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.4780100317>. Armitage P, Berry
  G (2002) <https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470773666>. Wilson EB. (1927) <https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.1927.10502953>.
  Altman DG et al (2000, ISBN: 978-0-727-91375-3). Chiang CL. (1968, ISBN: 978-0-882-75200-6).
  Newell C. (1994, ISBN: 978-0-898-62451-9). Eayres DP, Williams ES (2004) <https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.009654>.
  Silcocks PBS et al (2001) <https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.1.38>. Low and Low (2004)
  <https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdh175>. Fingertips Public Health Technical Guide:
  <https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/guidance/supporting-information/PH-methods/>.'
authors:
- family-names: Anderson
  given-names: Georgina
  email: georgina.anderson@dhsc.gov.uk
repository: https://dhsc-govuk.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/dhsc-govuk/PHEindicatormethods
commit: 2317716fe39d026e4502983fa36a09dfeaf3a853
url: https://github.com/dhsc-govuk/PHEindicatormethods
date-released: '2025-11-18'
contact:
- family-names: Anderson
  given-names: Georgina
  email: georgina.anderson@dhsc.gov.uk