Journal of Population Sciences
Table 3 Goodness of fit when fitting the EME and the HMD datasets to the four-parameter model and the Siler model
From: A two-parameter hazard function to describe age patterns of mortality in ancient Northwestern Europe
Mean WRMSEa | ||
|---|---|---|
Dataset | 4-Parameter modelb (SD)d | Silerc Model (SD)d |
Per period | ||
EME 1640–1699 (n = 6) | 0.1620 (0.0510) | 0.1912 (0.0566) |
EME 1700–1749 (n = 5) | 0.1623 (0.0330) | 0.1695 (0.0458) |
EME 1750–1809 (n = 6) | 0.1467 (0.0522) | 0.1631 (0.0515) |
HMD 1750–1800 (n = 50) | 0.1025 (0.0250) | 0.1126 (0.0278) |
HMD 1801–1850 (n = 127) | 0.0706 (0.0169) | 0.0767 (0.0214) |
HMD 1851–1900 (n = 350) | 0.0598 (0.0216) | 0.0626 (0.0300) |
HMD 1901–1950 (n = 345) | 0.0363 (0.0492) | 0.0494 (0.0613) |
HMD 1951–2000 (n = 350) | 0.0259 (0.0104) | 0.0214 (0.0074) |
HMD 2001–2015 (n = 98) | 0.0397 (0.0109) | 0.0294 (0.0120) |
Per country | ||
HMD Belgium 1841–2015 | 0.0403 (0.0209) | 0.0393 (0.0195) |
HMD Denmark 1835–2014 | 0.0420 (0.0210) | 0.0353 (0.0195) |
EME England 1640–1809 | 0.1567 (0.0475) | 0.1749 (0.0532) |
HMD England & Wales 1841–2013 | 0.0399 (0.0334) | 0.0495 (0.0519) |
HMD France 1816–2014 | 0.0582 (0.0555) | 0.0714 (0.0707) |
HMD Netherlands 1850–2014 | 0.0356 (0.0216) | 0.0351 (0.0215) |
HMD Norway 1846–2014 | 0.0448 (0.0297) | 0.0465 (0.0327) |
HMD Sweden 1751–2014 | 0.0537 (0.0354) | 0.0578 (0.0367) |
All 1337 life tables | 0.0473 (0.0371) | 0.0506 (0.0451) |