Multivariable flexible modelling for estimating complete, smoothed life tables for sub-national populations

Table 2 Goodness-of-fit by approach: 1% sample and abridged data up to 80 years of age

		Elandt-Johnson	Flexible relational	Flexible Poisson
Residual Sum of Squares^a
All ages	min	0.001	0.003	2.8E-04
	mean	0.369	1.454	0.031
	max	5.866	8.914	0.607
Age 0–30	min	1.7E-05	1.3E-06	1.5E-05
	mean	0.001	0.011	0.001
	max	0.024	6.867	0.011
Age 31-79	min	4.2E-04	3.5E-04	1.7E-04
	mean	0.028	0.157	0.013
	max	0.322	0.860	0.158
Age 80-99	min	3.1E-05	0.001	2.0E-05
	mean	0.340	1.286	0.018
	max	5.781	8.836	0.585
Difference in life expectancy^b at:
Birth	Min	0.001	0.040	0.001
	Mean	1.839	5.383	0.790
	Max	11.649	13.540	4.155
Age 40	Min	0.003	0.047	0.002
	Mean	1.804	5.313	0.662
	Max	11.829	13.379	3.843

^aMean, minimum and maximum difference in RSS across 100 simulated sets of deprivation-specific life tables compared to the reference tables
^bMean, minimum and maximum difference in life expectation (years) across 100 simulated sets of deprivation-specific life tables compared to the reference tables