Research Article

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

Table 3

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

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Prop SR NC15.4%11.1%14.6%20.1%13.9%31.7%
SR (5, 5, NC)16.0%24.1%22.6%30.3%53.1%44.9%
SR (5, 5, 85+)19.3%27.7%25.4%33.0%55.1%45.4%
SR (5, 5, 90+)20.4%27.5%26.1%34.0%52.8%44.6%
SRA (5, 5, NC, 10)21.4%32.6%38.1%36.5%132.1%57.3%
Prop SR 85+24.4%12.5%22.4%17.8%15.6%33.0%
Prop SR 90+27.1%13.6%24.7%16.7%16.4%32.1%
DG (1, 5, NC)32.9%33.7%34.8%89.1%59.5%76.9%
DG (1, 5, 85+)33.2%42.8%35.5%85.2%55.5%72.2%
DG (1, 5, 90+)34.9%43.3%35.7%80.9%50.9%74.4%
ABS ERP53.2% 39.7% 47.3% 27.4% 71.4% 55.3%

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