Table 1 DIC criterion for the four models considered and proportion of replications that each model has been the one with the lowest DIC (in brackets)
Causeof death | Sex | DIC | DIC | DIC | DIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1: Fixed effect model | Model 2: Random effects model | Model 3: Regression model | Model 4: Mixed regression model | ||
Lung cancer | Men | 36.13 (0) | 21.68 (0) | 22.51 (0) | 20.64 (1) |
Lung cancer | Women | 11.65 (0) | 13.13 (0) | 11.28 (1) | 12.95 (0) |
Prostate cancer | Men | 6.59 (1) | 8.58 (0) | 8.53 (0) | 10.45 (0) |
Breast cancer | Women | 23.42(0) | 20.85 (1) | 23.96 (0) | 21.43 (0) |
Diabetes | Men | 6.12 (1) | 8.08 (0) | 6.71 (0) | 8.65 (0) |
Diabetes | Women | 12.01 (1) | 13.70 (0) | 13.12 (0) | 14.52 (0) |
Mental illnesses | Men | 4.59 (1) | 6.55 (0) | 5.96 (0) | 7.90 (0) |
Mental illnesses | Women | 14.71 (1) | 15.96 (0) | 16.63 (0) | 17.38 (0) |
Alzheimer’s disease | Men | 8.73 (1) | 10.39 (0) | 10.04 (0) | 11.71 (0) |
Alzheimer’s disease | Women | 25.19 (0) | 21.24 (0.62) | 26.16 (0) | 21.34 (0.38) |
Ischaemic heart disease | Men | 27.52 (0) | 23.17 (0) | 25.47 (0) | 22.26 (1) |
Ischaemic heart disease | Women | 28.84 (0) | 20.85 (0) | 30.84 (0) | 20.11(1) |
Cerebrovascular diseases | Men | 15.73 (1) | 16.35 (0) | 16.29 (0) | 17.17 (0) |
Cerebrovascular diseases | Women | 21.26 (0) | 18.75 (0) | 18.24 (0) | 17.30 (1) |
Respiratory diseases | Men | 34.21 (0) | 20.88 (0.89) | 31.45 (0) | 21.19 (0.11) |
Respiratory diseases | Women | 7.50 (1) | 9.42 (0) | 9.44 (0) | 11.30 (0) |
Cirrhosis | Men | 18.92 (0) | 17.72 (0) | 14.88 (1) | 15.91 (0) |
Cirrhosis | Women | 10.10 (1) | 11.36 (0) | 11.76 (0) | 12.52 (0) |
All causes of mortality | Men | 57.89 (0) | 22.47 (0.72) | 37.09 (0) | 22.65 (0.28) |
All causes of mortality | Women | 31.30 (0) | 23.56 (0) | 30.24 (0) | 21.94 (1) |