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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 One-step-ahead forecast bias of the fitted models in terms of MAE

From: Mortality and life expectancy forecast for (comparatively) high mortality countries

Country

LC

LCP

LM

BMS

HU

HUR

HUW

LL

Belarus

0.144

0.102

Bulgaria

0.160

0.144

0.128

0.122

0.137

0.131

0.110

0.131

Estonia

0.248

0.246

0.322

0.259

0.324

0.292

0.273

0.267

Hungary

0.181

0.164

0.146

0.132

0.119

0.118

0.115

0.157

Latvia

0.186

0.185

0.204

0.186

0.174

0.196

0.175

0.146

Lithuania

0.330

0.167

0.209

0.187

0.167

0.177

0.168

0.210

Russia

0.079

Slovakia

0.181

0.177

0.257

0.186

0.200

0.212

0.195

0.214

Ukraine

0.087

0.066

  1. A blank place means the forecast of e0 was lower than the last observed value of e0.