Research Article

Forecasting Age-Specific Brain Cancer Mortality Rates Using Functional Data Analysis Models

Table 1

Forecast and 80% prediction intervals of mortality rates of total US patients of brain and CNS tumors for 2009 and 2018.

AgeTotalMaleFemale
2009 2018 2009 2018 2009 2018
Mean80% PIMean80% PIMean80% PIMean80% PIMean80% PIMean80% PI

20.620.550.700.610.530.700.660.560.790.650.540.780.570.490.660.560.470.67
70.880.800.970.870.780.970.870.760.990.850.740.980.880.781.000.880.771.00
120.630.560.710.620.550.710.630.550.740.620.530.740.620.530.710.610.520.71
170.480.440.530.480.420.540.530.460.610.530.450.620.420.370.490.420.350.49
220.530.480.580.520.470.590.620.530.720.600.510.710.420.340.520.420.330.53
270.730.660.800.720.640.810.860.750.990.860.731.000.530.450.630.540.430.66
321.101.011.201.090.971.221.331.201.471.321.161.500.840.730.980.840.701.00
371.631.511.761.621.461.792.001.832.191.991.782.221.241.111.391.231.071.42
422.492.332.662.472.272.703.102.843.393.082.783.421.901.712.101.881.662.12
473.703.453.973.673.364.014.584.204.994.544.105.032.872.613.152.852.543.18
525.485.175.815.455.025.916.736.257.256.696.107.334.293.944.664.263.824.75
578.007.628.417.957.408.549.739.1310.389.698.9310.506.295.846.786.265.676.91
6210.8410.3011.4110.8010.0511.6013.2512.5014.0613.2712.3314.278.567.889.308.557.689.53
6713.8813.2014.6113.9112.9114.9916.8315.7118.0217.0115.5918.5611.1310.3212.0011.1710.1012.37
7217.1416.0518.3117.4015.7019.2820.6419.1522.2621.2119.1123.5414.1812.9315.5414.3712.6216.36
7719.2217.6220.9619.7717.1022.8623.8121.6526.1924.8721.7628.4215.5913.9017.4815.9813.3119.19
8219.9417.3022.9821.0516.6026.6924.6920.9429.1126.6421.1733.5116.6614.1019.6917.3513.1222.95
8717.4414.6320.7818.7013.8925.1923.3019.0028.5725.7219.2434.3814.5211.8217.8215.3810.8921.73