Journal of Population Sciences
Table 5 Validation of the two-parameter model’s capacity to complete age patterns of mortalitya
From: A two-parameter hazard function to describe age patterns of mortality in ancient Northwestern Europe
HMD life table | Parameters | Complete pattern | Pattern made incomplete by removing 4 consecutive age groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0−14 | 15−34 | 35−54 | 55−74 | 75−94 | 95+ | |||
Belgium 1841 | β | 0.099 | 0.098 | 0.099 | 0.099 | 0.099 | 0.099 | 0.099 |
θ | – 5.39 | – 5.45 | – 5.35 | – 5.35 | – 5.38 | – 5.38 | – 5.39 | |
Belgium 1978 | β | 0.113 | 0.113 | 0.113 | 0.113 | 0.114 | 0.111 | 0.113 |
θ | – 7.45 | – 7.36 | – 7.22 | – 7.46 | – 7.57 | – 7.71 | – 7.45 | |
Danmark 1929 | β | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.097 | 0.103 | 0.100 |
θ | – 6.93 | – 7.14 | – 7.00 | – 6.88 | – 7.12 | – 6.74 | – 6.93 | |
England &Wales 1887 | β | 0.090 | 0.090 | 0.091 | 0.090 | 0.088 | 0.090 | 0.090 |
θ | – 5.98 | – 5.92 | – 5.87 | – 6.13 | – 6.05 | – 5.98 | – 5.98 | |
France 1821 | β | 0.097 | 0.096 | 0.098 | 0.097 | 0.098 | 0.097 | 0.097 |
θ | – 5.46 | – 5.55 | – 5.34 | – 5.44 | – 5.45 | – 5.46 | – 5.46 | |
France 1953 | β | 0.103 | 0.103 | 0.104 | 0.103 | 0.100 | 0.105 | 0.103 |
θ | – 7.37 | – 7.41 | – 7.24 | – 7.51 | – 7.61 | – 7.17 | – 7.37 | |
Holland 1920 | β | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.098 | 0.101 | 0.100 |
θ | – 6.41 | – 6.56 | – 6.44 | – 6.34 | – 6.50 | – 6.33 | – 6.41 | |
Norway 1883 | β | 0.107 | 0.110 | 0.108 | 0.107 | 0.102 | 0.104 | 0.107 |
θ | – 5.53 | – 5.60 | – 5.45 | – 5.48 | – 5.55 | – 5.57 | – 5.53 | |
Sweden 1751 | β | 0.094 | 0.093 | 0.096 | 0.094 | 0.096 | 0.093 | 0.094 |
θ | – 5.43 | – 5.50 | – 5.24 | – 5.46 | – 5.38 | – 5.45 | – 5.43 | |
Sweden 1883 | β | 0.100 | 0.102 | 0.101 | 0.100 | 0.097 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
θ | – 5.73 | – 5.92 | – 5.62 | – 5.66 | – 5.84 | – 5.74 | – 5.73 | |
Sweden 2014 | β | 0.161 | 0.161 | 0.162 | 0.161 | 0.162 | 0.145 | 0.161 |
θ | – 7.02 | – 6.96 | – 6.68 | – 6.84 | – 7.66 | – 7.74 | – 7.03 | |