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Table 1 Summary characteristcis of percentage errors in estimates of single-years of age based on pro-rating or interpolation (males)

From: An evaluation of the accuracy of small-area demographic estimates of population at risk and its effect on prevalence statistics

Age

Rectangular

Karup-King

Beers1

Beers2

Sprague

Median

2.5 percentile

97.5 percentile

Median

2.5 percentile

97.5 percentile

Median

2.5 percentile

97.5 percentile

Median

2.5 percentile

97.5 percentile

Median

2.5 percentile

97.5 percentile

0

9.28

-31.38

77.71

4.53

-32.72

82.29

5.86

-40.23

98.03

3.66

-43.73

79.96

20.77

-27.93

124.67

1

16.28

-33.83

111.44

7.02

-27.46

115.63

6.96

-35.88

117.87

7.17

-40.02

117.20

11.12

-33.48

127.63

2

7.00

-29.53

95.54

1.58

-25.32

93.97

0.91

-31.11

89.80

1.91

-28.97

93.95

-2.06

-33.00

84.93

3

12.28

-34.06

93.80

5.03

-27.9

104.69

4.22

-33.06

108.01

5.44

-32.28

104.07

-3.20

-43.05

86.88

4

3.45

-29.75

67.73

-1.42

-30.28

66.95

-3.30

-35.90

82.57

-1.50

-34.78

71.10

-10.72

-45.24

66.42

5

12.19

-40.89

136.25

3.87

-32.14

116.27

3.01

-41.60

118.33

4.02

-39.06

118.00

-4.80

-46.09

109.71

6

3.46

-40.96

81.71

-3.29

-34.00

81.02

-2.94

-39.86

81.19

-2.92

-39.03

77.86

-7.20

-42.97

74.27

7

9.89

-37.06

110.20

0.65

-33.26

114.93

1.57

-38.71

114.34

1.94

-39.92

113.03

1.20

-38.37

111.66

8

7.53

-39.27

90.23

-0.83

-38.28

98.04

-0.43

-43.11

100.97

-1.52

-41.61

90.33

3.49

-39.89

104.65

9

8.64

-37.54

103.83

1.77

-33.23

109.85

1.27

-42.80

109.62

1.67

-42.38

106.80

-73.16

-120.31

7.68

10

8.43

-43.84

102.00

0.19

-29.76

84.63

-0.52

-39.90

86.21

-0.82

-37.24

86.36

10.97

-31.20

111.89

11

11.17

-44.08

110.96

4.52

-35.41

114.06

3.48

-46.28

106.07

4.58

-42.90

111.96

23.82

-33.19

148.32

12

9.48

-38.93

105.83

0.13

-31.86

103.10

1.76

-43.29

105.89

1.84

-37.65

109.64

15.68

-31.99

137.70

13

9.82

-42.08

106.20

4.27

-36.57

114.20

5.35

-44.17

110.10

5.06

-41.11

111.60

-1.72

-48.92

98.58

14

9.93

-40.39

94.73

2.55

-43.37

121.07

6.62

-44.42

111.45

6.36

-42.92

111.21

-33.65

-64.20

26.61

15

23.60

-39.50

155.65

8.46

-46.60

114.63

9.94

-38.53

119.25

9.53

-37.66

120.46

26.75

-40.84

168.68

16

47.30

-40.61

162.86

-1.00

-26.93

65.02

8.42

-35.54

158.79

3.68

-36.85

136.91

3.78

-28.41

83.00

17

30.17

-34.66

164.14

3.26

-31.41

87.35

7.58

-35.68

164.13

8.71

-33.85

162.80

-1.56

-43.28

82.18

18

45.32

-36.48

114.29

-1.15

-29.55

54.49

5.43

-40.79

135.05

3.99

-38.22

138.66

-10.71

-45.76

47.68

19

34.83

-35.66

177.50

1.88

-30.52

100.87

6.84

-44.56

248.20

6.96

-43.93

239.47

-8.38

-60.73

87.21

20

21.96

-62.84

317.68

-3.40

-25.60

52.14

2.17

-48.13

238.03

1.74

-48.45

243.14

-10.26

-46.19

36.94

21

0.26

-60.00

340.75

-0.25

-36.62

78.02

-1.54

-52.60

280.56

-1.32

-53.54

286.11

-5.02

-48.93

73.72