Research Article

Accuracy of Nearly Extinct Cohort Methods for Estimating Very Elderly Subnational Populations

Table 2

Mean Absolute Percentage Error for females at ages 100+, by state.

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Prop SR NC6.2%10.1%5.7%8.7%23.4%18.3%
Prop SR 90+6.8%11.0%8.0%7.5%27.3%14.0%
SR (5, 5, NC)6.8%14.7%9.3%14.6%22.5%39.9%
Prop SR 85+6.9%11.5%8.6%7.8%27.6%13.9%
SR (5, 5, 90+)8.6%12.7%13.5%15.2%23.6%34.1%
SR (5, 5, 85+)9.4%13.0%14.6%16.5%24.0%36.1%
SRA (5, 5, NC, 10)13.0%17.2%27.5%33.2%29.8%60.3%
DG (1, 5, 90+)13.2%14.8%27.4%28.1%41.5%55.4%
DG (1, 5, 85+)14.9%16.6%30.6%30.1%43.3%58.8%
DG (1, 5, NC)15.1%17.7%33.0%28.2%43.5%62.6%
ABS ERP16.5% 16.5% 18.6% 14.3% 27.8% 27.2%

Note: MAPEs for the most accurate method for each state have been highlighted in bold and MAPEs for ABS ERPs are highlighted in italics.