Group ages into categorical age groups — group

Group numeric ages into a factor using base::cut

Usage

group_ages(ages, by = 1, max_age = 100)

Arguments

ages: a numeric vector of ages
by: age interval breaks
max_age: maximum age after which ages are grouped into a max_age+ category e.g 100+

Value

vector of class factor

Examples

group_ages(ages = 1:100, by=5, max_age=95)
#>   [1] 0-4   0-4   0-4   0-4   5-9   5-9   5-9   5-9   5-9   10-14 10-14 10-14
#>  [13] 10-14 10-14 15-19 15-19 15-19 15-19 15-19 20-24 20-24 20-24 20-24 20-24
#>  [25] 25-29 25-29 25-29 25-29 25-29 30-34 30-34 30-34 30-34 30-34 35-39 35-39
#>  [37] 35-39 35-39 35-39 40-44 40-44 40-44 40-44 40-44 45-49 45-49 45-49 45-49
#>  [49] 45-49 50-54 50-54 50-54 50-54 50-54 55-59 55-59 55-59 55-59 55-59 60-64
#>  [61] 60-64 60-64 60-64 60-64 65-69 65-69 65-69 65-69 65-69 70-74 70-74 70-74
#>  [73] 70-74 70-74 75-79 75-79 75-79 75-79 75-79 80-84 80-84 80-84 80-84 80-84
#>  [85] 85-89 85-89 85-89 85-89 85-89 90-94 90-94 90-94 90-94 90-94 95+   95+  
#>  [97] 95+   95+   95+   95+  
#> 20 Levels: 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 ... 95+