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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 One-step-ahead forecast bias of the fitted models in terms of MSE

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

Country

LC

LCP

LM

BMS

HU

HUR

HUW

LL

Belarus

0.079

0.033

Bulgaria

0.044

0.037

0.033

0.038

0.047

0.045

0.034

0.034

Estonia

0.141

0.137

0.283

0.151

0.214

0.204

0.176

0.167

Hungary

0.065

0.057

0.049

0.052

0.048

0.047

0.042

0.057

Latvia

0.110

0.110

0.140

0.109

0.115

0.134

0.107

0.051

Lithuania

0.262

0.079

0.128

0.096

0.074

0.086

0.079

0.127

Russia

0.010

Slovakia

0.112

0.111

0.1967

0.130

0.169

0.163

0.162

0.109

Ukraine

0.015

0.008

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