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inedemogR: Reproducible retrieval and life-table computation for Spanish subnational demographic data

R package inedemogR
retrieves and harmonises INE demographic data
Life tables follow HMD Protocol
Demography
Mortality
R

José Rafael Caro-Barrera, “inedemogR: Reproducible retrieval and life-table computation for Spanish subnational demographic data”, SoftwareX 36, doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2026.103189

Author
Affiliation

José R. Caro-Barrera

University of Córdoba, Spain

Published

November 2026

Doi

10.1016/j.softx.2026.103189

Preregistered   Open data   Open

Abstract

inedemogR is an R package that turns the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) demographic data into tidy, analysis-ready tables. A quick-lookup interface returns population, birth and death totals by geography and year. A second interface builds province-level exposures, death rates and single-year period life tables following the Human Mortality Database protocol (Version 6), adapted where INE’s data require it: deaths are split evenly between Lexis triangles and old-age mortality is fitted at ages 80–99. Single-year life tables are supported from 2002. In 3588 province–sex–year comparisons for 2002–2024, made separately for life expectancy at birth and at age 65, the package agrees with INE’s published provincial tables to within 0.25 years in approximately 99% of cases.

Graphical Abstract

Fig. 1 Graphical Abstract.

Lexis Map

Fig. 4: Lexis surface.

Population Pyramids

Fig.5: Population pyramids, Andalusian provinces, 1 January 2024.

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@article{CAROBARRERA2026103189,
title = {inedemogR: Reproducible retrieval and life-table computation for Spanish subnational demographic data},
journal = {SoftwareX},
volume = {36},
pages = {103189},
year = {2026},
issn = {2352-7110},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.103189},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711026006795},
author = {J.R. Caro-Barrera},
keywords = {Demography, Mortality, Life-tables, Spain, Official-statistics, Reproducibility, R},
abstract = {inedemogR is an R package that turns the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) demographic data into tidy, analysis-ready tables. A quick-lookup interface returns population, birth and death totals by geography and year. A second interface builds province-level exposures, death rates and single-year period life tables following the Human Mortality Database protocol (Version 6), adapted where INE’s data require it: deaths are split evenly between Lexis triangles and old-age mortality is fitted at ages 80–99. Single-year life tables are supported from 2002. In 3588 province–sex–year comparisons for 2002–2024, made separately for life expectancy at birth and at age 65, the package agrees with INE’s published provincial tables to within 0.25 years in approximately 99% of cases.}
}