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

Table 3 Goodness-of-fit by approach: 20% sample and complete data up to 100 years of age

		Flexible relational	Flexible Poisson
Residual Sum of Squares^a
All ages	min	0.0E + 00	0.0E + 00
	mean	0.002	7.7E-05
	max	0.013	0.001
Age 0–30	min	0.0E + 00	0.0E + 00
	mean	5.1E-06	2.4E-05
	max	1.1E-04	2.2E-04
Age 31–79	min	0.0E + 00	0.0E + 00
	mean	0.002	4.2E-05
	max	0.012	0.001
Age 80–99	min	0.0E + 00	0.0E + 00
	mean	1.0E-04	1.1E-05
	max	0.001	3.9E-04
Difference in life expectancy^b at:
Birth	Min	0.320	0.001
	Mean	0.498	0.069
	Max	0.679	0.209
Age 40	Min	0.259	2.0E-04
	Mean	0.478	0.038
	Max	0.650	0.154

^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