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Table 1 True and estimated mortality rate ratios

From: New ways of estimating excess mortality of chronic diseases from aggregated data: insights from the illness-death model

Age

True R

ΔT = 0.1

ΔT = 0.5

ΔT = 1

ΔT = 3

ΔT = 5

ΔT = 10

  

Est. R

rel. Err (%)

Est. R

rel. Err (%)

Est. R

rel. Err (%)

Est. R

rel. Err (%)

Est. R

rel. Err. (%)

Est. R

rel. Err. (%)

65

2.717

2.717

0.01

2.716

−0.06

2.708

−0.32

2.635

−3.0

2.495

−8.2

1.942

− 29

70

2.461

2.461

0.02

2.460

−0.04

2.455

−0.23

2.406

−2.2

2.312

−6.0

1.938

−21

75

2.229

2.229

0.00

2.228

−0.03

2.225

−0.18

2.191

−1.7

2.128

−4.6

1.868

−16

80

2.019

2.019

0.00

2.018

−0.02

2.016

−0.14

1.993

−1.3

1.948

−3.5

1.765

−12

85

1.829

1.829

0.00

1.828

−0.01

1.827

−0.11

1.810

−1.0

1.779

−2.7

1.647

−9.9

90

1.656

1.656

0.02

1.666

0

1.655

−0.07

1.643

−0.76

1.621

−2.1

1.528

−7.7

95

1.500

1.501

0.10

1.502

0.1

1.503

0.18

1.505

0.36

1.511

0.76

1.492

−0.54

  1. Table legend: The estimated mortality rate ratios (Est. R) at different temporal distances between the two cross-sectional studies (ΔT) and different ages (first column) are compared to the true mortality rate ratios (True R, second column). The difference between the estimated and the true mortality rate ratio are given in terms of the relative error (rel. Err., in %)