https://github.com/mpascariu/lemur

R library for the Life Expectancy Monitoring Tool
https://github.com/mpascariu/lemur

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R library for the Life Expectancy Monitoring Tool

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mpascariu/lemur
• Owner: mpascariu
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2021-03-01T12:02:17.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-10-01T21:08:17.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-01T23:18:16.050Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: cause-of-death, decomposition, life-expectancy, lifetables
• Language: HTML
• Homepage:
• Size: 514 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.Rmd
  • Changelog: NEWS
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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# {lemur} - Life expectancy monitor upscaled in R

### R package and Shiny application

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The life expectancy monitoring tool allows the user to selected 

mortality changes over the entire lifespan or at specific ages, as well as 

for overall mortality or for specific causes of death. For example, how 

would life expectancy look if cardiovascular mortality were to be reduced 

by 50\%? Or how would life expectancy look if infant mortality was eliminated? 

The tool facilitates assessing changes and comparisons in life expectancy 

under those selected scenarios of mortality change. Furthermore, the tool 

lets the user compare cause-of-death profiles and life expectancies across 

time, countries and sexes.

The tool is hosted by the **HASS Digital Research Hub (HDRH)** at the Australian National University (ANU).

## Installation

You can install the development version from 

[GitHub](https://github.com/mpascariu/lemur) with:

``` r

# install.packages("devtools")

devtools::install_github("mpascariu/lemur")

```

## Example

This is a basic example which shows you how to launch the monitor in your

browser:

```r

lemur::run_app()

```

[![App Screenshot](inst/app/www/app_lemur_20250928.png)](https://github.com/mpascariu/lemur)

All the simulations done in the monitor can be executed using the `R` syntax

directly in the R/Rstudio console. See the available data object 

`data_gbd2021_cod`, `data_gbd2021_lt` or the help pages of relevant functions 

like `decompose_by_cod()`, `modify_life_table()` and the related `plot_` 

functions.