Mortality and survival

The following parameter determine mortality and survival characteristics of the disease being modeled and the population in general (non-disease mortality).

Note

Parameters are case-sensitive. For Boolean parameters, set to 1 for true or 0 for false.
Minimum, maximum, or default values of "NA" indicate that those values are not applicable for
that parameter.

EMOD does not use true defaults; that is, if the dependency relationships indicate that a 
parameter is required, you must supply a value for it. However, many of the tools used to work 
with EMOD will use the default values provided below.

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Parameter	Example	Description	Type	Min	Max	Default
Base_Mortality	link	The base mortality of the infection before accounting for individual immune modification factors. Depending on the setting of Mortality_Time_Course, this is either the daily probability of the disease being fatal (DAILY_MORTALITY) or the probability of death at the end of the infection duration (MORTALITY_AFTER_INFECTIOUS). Enable_Disease_Mortality must be set to 1 (true).	float	0	1000	0.001
Death_Rate_Dependence	link	Determines how likely individuals are to die from natural, non-disease causes. Enable_Natural_Mortality must be set to 1. Possible values are: NOT_INITIALIZED The daily mortality rate is 0, and no one dies from non-disease related causes. NONDISEASE_MORTALITY_BY_AGE_AND_GENDER The individual's age and gender are taken into account to determine the daily mortality rate. NONDISEASE_MORTALITY_BY_YEAR_AND_AGE_FOR_EACH_GENDER Gender, age, and year, are all taken into account to determine the daily mortality rate. Properties, rates, and bin sizes can be set for non-disease mortality for each gender in the demographics file (see parameters).	enum	nan	nan	NOT_INITIALIZED
Enable_Disease_Mortality	link	Controls whether or not individuals are removed from the simulation due to disease deaths.	boolean	0	1	1
Enable_Natural_Mortality	link	Controls whether or not individuals are removed from the simulation due to natural (non-disease) deaths. Enable_Vital_Dynamics must be set to 1 (true). Use Death_Rate_Dependence to set the natural death rate.	boolean	0	1	0
Mortality_Blocking_Immunity_Decay_Rate	link	The rate at which mortality-blocking immunity decays after the mortality-blocking immunity offset period. Enable_Immune_Decay must be set to 1.	float	0	1	0.001
Mortality_Time_Course	link	The method used to calculate disease deaths. Enable_Disease_Mortality must be set to 1. Possible values are: DAILY_MORTALITY Calculated at every time step. MORTALITY_AFTER_INFECTIOUS Calculated once at the end of the disease duration.	enum	nan	nan	DAILY_MORTALITY
x_Other_Mortality	link	Scale factor for mortality from causes other than the disease being simulated. Base mortality is provided by the demographics file (see parameters). Enable_Natural_Mortality must be set to 1.	float	0	3.4e+38	1