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Table 2 Comparison of the fit of the CoDe model and the Heligman-Pollard model measured by weighted mean squared error (MSE), France, Japan, US, and Denmark, 1950 and 2010

From: A new parametric model to assess delay and compression of mortality

 

MSE (×1000)

1950

2010

CoDe model

Heligman-Pollard model

CoDe model

Heligman-Pollard model

France

women

1.00

1.93

2.30

11.47

men

1.42

1.85

5.24

11.09

Japan

women

4.60

3.07

0.94

13.64

men

5.17

5.53

1.30

4.66

US

women

0.92

1.72

0.65

2.43

men

1.83

3.39

1.71

6.36

Denmark

women

3.83

4.82

9.62

10.93

men

4.86

5.29

6.43

9.15

Average

 

2.95

3.45

3.52

8.72