Table 1 Premature mortality estimates in Latin America countries according to absolute, relative, and hierarchical approach (\(\alpha\) estimates)
From: How to measure premature mortality? A proposal combining “relative” and “absolute” approaches
Countries | \(\varvec{\upalpha}\) | \(\varvec{\upalpha}\) | \(\mathbf{m_{30-64}}\) | Rhat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(relative) | (hierarchical) | (absolute) | ||
Low longevity countries | ||||
Guatemala | 0.372 (3) | 0.241 (1) | 0.0101 (1) | 1 |
Nicaragua | 0.347 (2) | 0.263 (2) | 0.0104 (2) | 1 |
El Salvador | 0.228 (1) | 0.335 (3) | 0.0127 (3) | 1 |
Medium longevity countries | ||||
Chile | 0.149 (1) | 0.107 (1) | 0.0059 (1) | 1.02 |
Colombia | 0.251 (6) | 0.158 (2) | 0.0071 (2) | 1.02 |
Perù | 0.215 (4) | 0.165 (3) | 0.0073 (3) | 1.01 |
Dom. Republic | 0.274 (7) | 0.203 (4) | 0.0082 (7) | 1.01 |
Paraguay | 0.223 (5) | 0.208 (5) | 0.0078 (5) | 1.01 |
Uruguay | 0.173 (3) | 0.213 (6) | 0.0075 (4) | 1.02 |
Venezuela | 0.300 (9) | 0.226 (7) | 0.0089 (9) | 1.01 |
Brazil | 0.282 (8) | 0.229 (8) | 0.0087 (8) | 1.01 |
Argentina | 0.170 (2) | 0.257 (9) | 0.0078 (5) | 1.01 |
High longevity countries | ||||
Costarica | 0.161 (3) | 0.213 (1) | 0.0057 (1) | 1.02 |
Panama | 0.208 (6) | 0.226 (2) | 0.0063 (4) | 1.03 |
Ecuador | 0.262 (1) | 0.259 (3) | 0.0073 (5) | 1.02 |
Cuba | 0.123 (1) | 0.268 (4) | 0.0059 (2) | 1.05 |
Chile | 0.149 (2) | 0.295 (5) | 0.0059 (2) | 1.02 |
Mexico | 0.237 (5) | 0.326 (6) | 0.0076 (6) | 1.02 |